Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums.

I love pouring my heart out. People don't want to hear you whine when you're with friends, so you can sing about it instead - it's the best outlet.

When I was very little, I was into Michael Jackson. At six or seven, it was Madonna, but she's not what she used to be. I've been into everything from Edith Piaf to Joe Strummer to the Velvet Underground to Suicide to A Tribe Called Quest to African music.

I want people to have a good time. It's boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts.

If anything, I want to be seen as a singer-songwriter rather than a pop artist.