I wasn't intentionally trying to create my own path or be original, it was just I needed to say certain things and I needed to express myself, and th….

Melody is the first thing that comes to me when I'm songwriting. I learned piano classically first, and then I went into soul, and so melody has alwa….

I think on the first album, my aim was to write a good song and have a good melody, and I wanted lyrics that would connect with as many people as pos….

I tried to bang down a lot of doors but Virgin were the only label who believed in what I was doing. I ended up with the label that understood what I….