I use my voice as an instrument.

I can only be who I am.

The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it’s a bit false.

Over in the UK, the music press can be brutal. They can say wonderful things about you one week, and the next week, you’re in the can.

I told the record company I didn’t feel the need to be at red-carpet events. I wanted a career. But I wanted to keep myself intact as a person.

When I was growing up, I’d be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I’d sing in the church.

A lot of people tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, period. And that’s not really true.

The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn’t make it easy.

There’s something about Celtic mythology which is deep in the soul, and I just think that somehow she has tapped right into it.

The spring, summer, is quite a hectic time for people in their lives, but then it comes to autumn, and to winter, and you can’t but help think back to the year that was, and then hopefully looking forward to the year that is approaching.