Some people, like Leonard Cohen, write one album every 10 years, and labor over a song for five years at a time..

I think of myself as a songwriter, a weaver of story and imagination in a way that a novelist might write a book..

I didn't know folk music growing up, no. It's something I've come to study, really, because I think there's so much to learn from traditional music i….

I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea of writing a novel seems imp….

The first song I heard from me was Meek Mill ["I Don't Know"], it was his first single before he went (to jail). I remember the first time I heard it….

Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it..

There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises..

My mom is a sculptress..

I don't like things to be handed to me on a plate; that means nothing. I like to go through layers of unraveling and every time I listen to something….

At this point in my life, I'm probably not gonna be able to stop writing because it's gonna help me be able to do what I need to do..

Ive always been very visceral in that I feel things very deeply..

I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets..

I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I think I'm a songwriter..

As I grew older, I actually was prepared to go into fine arts school and do a degree. That was what I was actually settled upon when I was offered a ….

Ever since time began: What song is not about love? Whether it's about love from man to woman or parent to child, or grandmother to granddaughter... ….

I would never feel confident enough to express my views and opinions as the right ones because I just don't think that's possible. There are so many ….

People like Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up l….

Shame is the shadow of love..

I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk..

I never feel that I have to adopt a character. It's more the way I choose to present the music and that's always based on what is right for the song..

I've always felt that I'm affected by the world, by the way we treat each other, by the way different countries treat each other. I've always been ve….