I Am Not Reclusive. I Just Have

It's Very Homely, This Castle. It Doesn't Have Huge Ballrooms. I Didn't Want A Cold, Cavernous Place.

I Have Had Death Threats From People With Fixations.

There Is No Formula To It Because Writing Every Song, For Me, Is A Little Journey. The First Note Has To Lift You And Make You Go, 'what's This?' You Play C, But Why Is It That One Day It Leads To G And It Didn't Yesterday? I Don't Know. It's Everything. It's The Walk You Take In The Morning, It's The Night Before, The Meeting With People, Landscapes, The Chats, All Of That Evolves In Some Way Into Melody, But I'm Not Sure How It's Going To Happen. I'm Dealing With The Unknown All The Time And That Is Exciting.

We Called The Album 'amarantine' To Mean Everlasting. Poets Use The Word To Describe An Everlasting Flower And I Loved The Image Of That.

The Minuses Of Celebrity Include Having To Live With Security And The Knowledge That You May Be Stalked.