I don't think competition is good in music. What is good, is the desire and the ambition to create your best work.

I think particularly in music, popularity os a very fickle thing. You're only as good as your last song.

The sound is very much always in my head, I have to get the sound out of my head onto the recording.

I would consider myself a perfectionist, yeah. I don't think that is always that helpful, either. Sometimes it's good to be a little more open-minded; you can overthink things when things are actually fine, and it's that moment that you lose it. Looking back, sometimes I've made mistakes from being a perfectionist.

I think music is better listened to with other people. Music is better shared. It depends what situation you're in - if it's a song by Tom Waits, it can be nice to be on your own, but if it's something slightly more upbeat, it's amazing to be around people.

I don't really like over-explaining the songs. Everyone constantly asks what the songs are about, and I think the thing is that the songs definitely all have stories in them; it's just nice to let people decide what they are. I think it's important that people hear it themselves rather than having me annotate it.

I really want to come back! I definitely want to come back. Some of my fondest memories are in New Zealand.