And all of these writers offer me a greater understanding of what it is to be alive, and that is such an incredible thing art can do for other people. It made me want to try and get close to this strange, mysterious thing that people can do with words.

I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical.

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 think I'm a maker of songs, and songs are like films or a picture: You put them over there, and they have nothing to do with you.

Most of the stuff that I do talk about, about being counted out and being an underdog, 'cause that's what I feel like I am.

I feel that my dreamscapes are part of my everyday life, and sometimes I can't tell the difference.

I've always been very politically interested from a very young age and I hadn't felt that was something I could begin to bring into my songwriting because I hadn't felt I'd reached the stage, that I had the skill with language enough, yet, to do that.