I feel like writing music is a great chance to create something that extends beyond yourself.

I'd gotten to a point where I would write a lyric and then delete it because I was worried about how it sounded. Pretty much, I was a dreadful person and It was just a way of dealing with feeling kind of guilty about that.

I have three brothers. Poor Mum; four boys.

You don't make a film and then be like I am only going to play it in my house and no-one is going to see it - that is ridiculous.

I love making music. I feel like people often get into that 'you should only make music for yourself' kind of place, where they say things like, "I don't write for other people, I write for myself," and I feel like that misses the mark so much because music, especially pop music, is so much more than yourself.

The ideal label for me would be this passive being with lots of money, but unfortunately it doesn't really work like that.

I feel like success is really subjective. You could win a school talent show and be like "I was successful", or you could get a Number One in New Zealand and be like "I was successful', or you could win a Grammy and be like "I was successful".