I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.

My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it.

After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.

Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.