If I Were A Writer And Not

I No Longer Buy Papers Or Tabloids Or Magazines Or Read Blogs. I Used To. But It Was Just Filling Up My Day With Hatred.

In Five Years' Time I'd Like To Be A Mum. I Want To Settle Down And Have A Family, Definitely Sooner Rather Than Later. I'd Like To Have Finished My Second Album Too, Maybe Even My Third. I'd Like A Sound That Sticks Around That Other People Are Inspired By And That People Know Is Me.

My Voice Went Recently, Never Happened Before, Off Like A Tap. I Had To Sit In Silence For Nine Days, Chalkboard Around My Neck. Like An Old-school Mime. Like A Kid In The Naughty Corner. Like A Victorian Mute.

Sometimes My Songs Wander Off A Bit And Are Not Always Coherent.

The Way I Write My Songs Is That I Have To Believe What I’m Writing About, And That’s Why They Always End Up Being So Personal - Because The Kind Of Artists I Like, They Convince Me, They Totally Win Me Over Straight Away In That Thing. Like, “oh My God, This Song Is Totally About Me.”