The state of radio is not great. It's like playing the lottery. The chances of hitting are mind boggling slim.

The state of radio is not great. It's like playing the lottery. The chances of hitting are mind boggling slim.

The songs are definitely all about me. I am my favourite subject.

I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be close to him, as well, because my parents were divorced and I didnt spend that much time with him. I used to put head phones on and listen to my dad talk and sing and kind of had a weird bonding in a way.

Most artists never get a chance to be Picasso, but that doesn't mean you would stop painting.

My career could've been anything, I just wasn't that good at other things. I'd say it was fairly easy starting out as I did in LA, meeting some great friends and musicians and landing a record deal. That's where the hard work began though.

There's this bubblegum pop thing which is prevalent now that we haven't had before. People's ears are slightly de-tuned; they've been exposed to this weird synthetic, implausibly upbeat, Mickey Mouse stuff which I think is just weird; it's not really a human sound.