Musician

When I perform live, I'm doing a lot, but I kind of black out. I don't think about it too much.

As a kid, I could just pick up melody and harmony instinctively, and that's why I can play lots of instruments.

Music has always been part of my family's life. My brother, sister, and I all have the same ability to pick up an instrument and play.

I grew up with parents who really encouraged me to listen to as much music as I could.

I believe that musical instruments are created because they are supposed to be played. There's not an instrument that's been designed to not be playable - it kind of defeats the point.

If you can fool every single member of the audience into thinking you're confident and you deserve to be there, everyone will jump on your side.

When I was a kid and writing more acoustic songs, I was doing it more for the attention than for the love of the music. I knew I needed to change something because I wasn't having fun and wasn't liking the songs I was writing.

I hope that I am, in a way, helping and touching other people with my music, and being a musician and having this as a job gives me a sense of purpose beyond my own selfish needs.

Who am I to sit here and say I'm going to change the face of music?

If you can fool every single member of the audience into thinking you're confident and you deserve to be there, everyone will jump on your side.

I spent 19, 20 years of my life being terrified about what I looked like. I was a ginger white kid.

I am only interested in celebrating music.

Performing outside is always kind of strange. Usually, you can't hear something, whether it's your voice or instrument, but it's a fun challenge.

The 'Remnants' EP was the first time I got to really explore myself as a producer, and I got the insane idea of doing it on my own in my future career.

I wanted to be a teacher because that is all I knew. It was a great course on primary school education, in which I could specialise in music, but I ended up dropping out after I was honest with myself about what I really wanted to do with my life.

I hope that I am, in a way, helping and touching other people with my music, and being a musician and having this as a job gives me a sense of purpose beyond my own selfish needs.

It's amazing to be nominated for the Brits' Critics' Choice Award 2016. It's such a significant award that highlights the importance of new music, so it's a genuine honour to have been nominated alongside some other incredible new acts from the U.K.

My grandfather was a church organist and would sing in choirs and was a musical genius to a certain extent.

I believe that musical instruments are created because they are supposed to be played. There's not an instrument that's been designed to not be playable - it kind of defeats the point.

People don't want to hear the same song 12 times in a row on an album.