It's Very Homely, This Castle. It Doesn't

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

I Find It Hard To Work With Other Musicians Because I Know From Experience That When They Play, They Play With Their Feeling, And That Restricts Me Because I Know I Want To Play In My Own Particular Way.

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

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.

The Personal Appearances And Red Carpet Events Are Very Glitzy, But It's A Bit False.