When I've heard a piece of music or seen a painting that moves me, it gives me something..

I don't really listen to my old stuff, but on occasion, I would either hear a track on the radio or a friend might play me one, and there was general….

The world is continually changing. I think in some ways it's changing in a very positive way..

When I was first writing, I used to sit at the piano and play songs - I'd write one or two a night. It was my hobby. At some point, it then became a ….

Irish folk is probably the biggest influence musically that I've ever had. My mother's Irish. And when I was very young, both my brothers were very i….

I feel like I have to do some promotion to let the people know that the records are out there; but I kind of like the idea that it's my work that doe….

It's funny when you write a song - it's easy for me now - but there's almost a second stage where you take control of the song. You start writing it,….

Whatever is going on in your life when you're writing has to somehow seep into your work..

Normally I don't compromise at all but it felt important to give that song the chance to be heard..

I think we're all a party to this information all the time. It's every day, in a way we probably weren't a few years ago. We're more informed, which ….

I don't think a lot of people listen to their old stuff, do they? I spent a long time making it, so I don't really want to spend much time listening ….

Bang goes another kanga on the bonnet of the van.

I suppose in some ways doing some of the songs in the show felt a bit like I was doing cover versions. I was covering myself. Not that they didn't fe….

The whole positioning and atmosphere of the song ["King of the Mountain"] was to build up this thunderstorm that would take us all onstage off into a….

Music is like comedy in that you can enjoy a very - for want of abetter word - sophisticated classical piece as much as you enjoy something that's ve….

The only person with you all your life is you. Your parents die. Things inside you die — illusions, gushes of personality. Only you can sort yourself….

I just try to put myself in the sense of being a character, sometimes male. I suppose I just like the idea of trying to be different people coming fr….

If you believe in what you do and you really want to be in music, just stick at it. It's always a learning process. Enjoy it because I think making m….

Mozart didn't have Pro Tools, but he did a pretty good job..

Apart from the first set - which used high-level concert lighting - once you stepped into the two narrative pieces, we were working with lower-level ….

We let it in, we give it out, and in the end what's it all about? It must be love..