I Think What Is Great Is That

My Father Was Always Playing The Piano. He Played All Kinds Of Music - Gershwin, All Kinds Of Stuff. He Was Really A Hugely Encouraging Force To Me When I Was Little.

The Thing With 50 Words Of Snow Is That It Was Literally Back-to-back From Director's Cut [also Released In 2011]. It Was More Or Less That I Got To Make Two Albums In One Hit. I Was Already In This Space In My Mind To Be Writing And Making An Album.

["a Deal With God"] Was The First Single Off Hounds Of Love. I'd Put A Lot Of Work Into Putting That Album Together And I Wanted It To Have Every Chance.

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 Feel Like My Songs, But The Way I Was Approaching Them Was From A Place So Outside Where They Were Written. The Fact That These Songs Were In The Context Of A Live Show Was A New Thing.

Sometimes People Mishear My Lyrics And Think A Song's About Something It Isn't.