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 would always consider myself to be political with a small "p," although it makes me mad when people say politics should be kept out of music.

If you're a Brit you kinda get used to people being cold and aloof and just generally arrogant - particularly musicians. (Compared to Londoners New Yorkers are a walk in the park!)

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!

Music is politics - it always has been and it always will be.

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

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.