Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it.

Obviously, the emotions I want to convey through music are streamed through the way I interpret life.

Any of these contemporary war situations, whether civilian or soldier on either side - that's what I was interested in. The people who are being affected. Not so much the political speak at the top of the food chain, but the people who are affected by it on the ground.

If you come at the record feeling really happy and optimistic, it can be incredibly beautiful and uplifting, and if you come at it in a bleak moment, it can feel like a very dark place to share. It's all down to the listener.

I never feel that I have to adopt a character. It's more the way I choose to present the music and that's always based on what is right for the song.

I try to see as much dance, theatre and films as I can because all of it feeds me in a way that I need feeding for what I do.

I'm a visual artist myself and always have been so it's very natural for me to be very concerned with presentation, whether it's artwork or onstage.