Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song..

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians..

Writing is all about self-editing; it's all about being present being aware of what's happening.

Writing music is just something that I was born to do..

Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture….

So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that in….

I am not in love / But I'm open to persuasion..

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs..

Whichever age you are, that's the best age. I'm a very "now" person..

This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done three tours together now and I really, really like it which is why I….

When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didnt have time..

I've always written in a free, unencumbered way..

You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's ther….

All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all ….

When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close proximity a great….

I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, dis….

Yesterday I was playing Beethovens fifth, because I love that..

Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like..

That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as w….

It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, yo….

In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same..