My mom is a sculptress.

My mother and father are very involved with music. It's completely part of their soul. They have an incredible record collection, all vinyl, of some of the best artists, in my eyes, that you can come across.

I'm not an autobiographical writer, but I am a writer who deals with human emotion on all levels.

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.

There's also a level of discipline I use as a writer, designed to get better at what I'm doing, that requires quite a lot of study and quite a lot of hard work as well.

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