We should not let negative influences get to us.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of the US, and hopefully spending some of the summer in Europe playing festivals. It's early days though, so who knows.

From as long as I can remember, I was always fond of drawing.

A lot of the people I was writing with think a lot more about lyrics and a lot more about the details from the beginning. That kind of thinking made me a little self-conscious because I was suddenly having to judge what I was doing early on in the process.

I also got encouragement from my teachers at primary school but one person in particular who had a significant impact on my lean towards art is Mr. Luigi St. Omer. Mr. St. Omer was the one who always reminded me that I should not settle for less than greatness in my art. He saw that I had the potential and he helped me develop that talent.

I was also always interested in the aesthetic realm - architecture and that kind of stuff - but music was my first love.

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.