I've always said that Adele has turned so many people on to British singers - whether female singers or just like music from this country in general.
I'm nowhere with country music. I don't hear much of it, so I shouldn't venture an opinion, but when it finds me, it seems formulaic.
I have to have a guitar sitting around. I sing in the shower. I sing around the house. The music comes secondary. The lyrics come first.
I'm not too bothered about what category my music goes in and there's no point in limiting in who you can reach, but I want it to be respected.
If people are really excited about their music, and that's their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That's the most important ingredient.
Living in the U.K., there is no way to know whether anyone in India likes my music, but I was surprised to see people singing along while I performed in Pune.
I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a choice in, to make music. I've got to make it.
If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you've picked the wrong thing to do. That shouldn't really be in your mind.
I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require a song.
The drive to create music that is pure is my highest priority. Sometimes I'll get extremely technical, and other times I'll just kind of go with the gods of music.
I consider my music to be Progressive Synth Pop, which says nothing about what it sounds like, but does describe my basic approach.
Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.
I didn't start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn't play much music in school.
It bothers me when musicians listen to music from the '60s and try and recreate it. Those people weren't trying to recreate music from the '20s. Why do it?
When I started out, I wanted to be the kind of artist who could play the CMA Music Festival and then turn around and play Bonnaroo, and I've managed to do both.
I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics.
When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.
I started writing music when I was around twelve. My current record company saw a video of me performing at my school's talent show.
It's so easy to put music out that it's difficult to sift through stuff that I don't like to find stuff I do like.
Music is timeless, so I want to give people shows they'll never forget so that I can do this forever.
Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances.
