When I write - I always write on my own - I demo those songs on a four-track.

I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.

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 would listen most particularly to the countries whose language I didn't understand, didn't know what they were singing. But being a singer myself, I could understand because of the emotion.

I've always been very interested in the visual aspect of what I do.

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

I'm doing quite a lot of painting on stones - little funny fish and animals.