I wrote a lot of poetry that was based on stories of the sea and I was really inspired by that.
Every so often I’ll go back down to earth and I’ll make reference to a phone or a house or something, something that’s a bit more real. But I suppose what that does, is it puts you in a surreal place but also my music doesn’t get too carried away in that sense, which I quite like.
I love pink – pink’s my favourite. I hardly ever – weirdly – wear it, but I love the colour pink.
I was quite a weird kid because I didn’t like getting presents. I don’t know why. I just went for books all the time.
I want to be more like Pixie Lott. She works really hard but always manages to keep smiling. She never complains.
By the time I got writing ‘Halcyon,’ I was on a roll, and I realized I had so much to write about, I realized I had so much built up inside that I couldn’t really alleviate before, and then all of a sudden it was like reservoir burst.
It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.
I tend to write things and review it afterwards and realise what comes out. I very rarely ever write something and have to take it back.
Because I’ve always been a runner I love to feel that my body is shining on the inside. I wear baggy clothes, so it’s not as though I like showing it off. I just like to know I’m great on the inside.
The nature of how we are as human beings is that we’re much more interested in being critical rather than praising something.
I just sing and write songs and wear what I want. It’s quite a good job really. If I wanted to I suppose I could become more of a fashion icon, but singing is my thing.
I still don’t know if I can write songs. I don’t think anyone ever knows if they can write songs.
I’m never happy with my face, my hair, I haven’t really got any boobs and I’m not really that tall.
I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I’d be so happy.
You get to a certain age and you can’t judge yourself on your dad or your parents.
Even if a relationship doesn’t work out, you can always take something positive from something negative. You never know what’s around the corner.
Something funny always happens in every show in the UK and I genuinely love touring the UK because it’s where I’m from. I just get a warm feeling when I’m home.
Ever since I’ve been young I’ve been fascinated by the human body. I’ve written songs about it, but you can become quite morbid if you think about it too much – paranoid and a hypochondriac.
I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy – a crow and a rabbit – to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork.
I got a random tattoo the other day. It’s a red triangle, which makes everyone think I’m arty, which I’m not. I used to draw red triangles all the time. It must mean something – maybe I don’t know it yet. But I’ll figure it out.