I sit at the piano for a couple of hours and tinker away until I get something. I am a nocturnal spirit, like an owl.

I just chuck a bunch of words down and whether they find themselves into a song... I have lots of weird notes on my phone. I often come up with a phrase that I really like, I write it down and it stays in my notes folder, and when I'm writing I will scroll through and see if it kind of fits and if I can mould a verse around it.

For me, I need people who will respect my vision and will back it and won't go changing things without letting me know. I would love some people who I feel like I could work with on a personal level as well.

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.

It is one of those things that is universally connectable, people can connect to it from everywhere; music is like that universal language.

When I come up with something that I feel like people will connect with that makes me happy because I know that it would be something that would just go beyond me.

I was born in London. I moved to New Zealand when I was really young; I can't remember London. My parents went and did what was supposed to be a one-year O.E. (overseas experience) that turned into a 9 year O.E. and they had two kids.