One of the joys of writing music is making your own mark. Study other stuff, immerse yourself in music and then tell your own truth.

I want to be accessible to a certain type of person who wants to walk around with their eyes open, or at least is open to the idea of change.

I think the US and the UK are gradually growing closer together in a lot of ways. They're inextricably linked.

I think that youth culture is now very deliberately designed by both corporate entities and by governments to not involve people directly. Because as soon as you involve people you have a small loss of control; and as soon as that happens, anything could happen.

One of the joys of writing music is making your own mark. Study other stuff, immerse yourself in music and then tell your own truth.

I'm already 30! It doesn't really feel like a landmark. When I started out, my aim was to keep making records. Just because I've reached the 10th doesn't mean I'm going to rest on my laurels now!

Sometimes you definitely need to just let go. You need to sort of forget everything.