It's quite hard not to cringe at your own music; you're always a bit annoyed at some parts of it..

Listening to a lot of guitar rock and roll music and feeling quite eccentric because everyone expected me to learn and develop like R&B. This kind of….

It's annoying when you've got a guitar and you're working on music and then you have to go and do the shopping or someone calls your mobile and you g….

Bill Withers, Van Morrison and Marvin Gaye are pioneers in popular music for the last century, and these are people who have influenced me as well, s….

I like a lot of soul, but I also put a lot of folk into what I do..

I think I skipped a lot of music, like when I was 17 or 18. I didnt know about a lot of new bands because I was so immersed in older music..

My idea of home is not necessarily a place..

I remember listening to like gospel-y blues tunes. I'd just listen to the rhythm and the music was upbeat. Always upbeat if you get like a good rhyth….

Finding out that Ray Charles sang country songs but it sounded as soulful as any rhythm and blues record that kind of opened up my horizons for what ….

The worst thing for a singer/songwriter is to run out of songs..

Jimi Hendrix came on TV on this documentary and it was this African-American soulful black guy, playing an electric guitar, which I'd just started. A….

By that point, I was about 12, 13 years old. I was this young black kid into rock music, which was kind of strange. People would always assume I'd be….

You always have in the back of your mind that would be cool if you get recognized. But you can't concentrate on any of those things. You've got to ju….

The main thing in making your own music is that it's an expression of someone's personality and being. That's what people want to hear, and you can't….

With writing music and writing songs and recording music and coming up with stuff, you need to kind of reengage that kind of inner child to come up w….

I had an opportunity to make an album - that was a dream come true. I had to make sure that I could do it the best way I could, and at least at the e….

I love grooves and dance music, but I like the feeling behind songs too..

I had a lovely time growing up..

Ive been more single than not in my short life..

I love making music so its important for me to keep doing that even if the schedule is busy..