I'm just thinking about the vision for how I want my music to go and what I want it to say. I'm always creating in a way, even if it's just thinking about it.
I always respected country music for its narrative and how it's so solid, you can get the picture in your mind.
I don't really get inspired by landscapes that much, it's all people.
My focus on everything is songwriting, so I write all of my stuff by myself.
No one ever wants to be the girl that got her relationship wrong again, but if you let your cynicism take over you risk never falling in love.
I can't emphasize enough how much of a writer I am.
It was always quite negative messages on love I was given as a kid.
I've had to tell people that I'm not co-writing. I don't want to do it and that's that.
I want to start thinking about other people and the political climate. I can't sit here and write an album about myself. It just feels wrong.
The first song I ever wrote that I liked was called 'When You're Alone.'
I'm a real big fan of words.
Connecting with fans online can be the make or break or some artists, and I think that's a bit dangerous.
I really like a lot of American country stuff, so my music has that influence, but I don't like to be set within a genre. It feels very limiting.
I've often been told that if music doesn't work out I could be a comedian.
There's quite a stigma attached to country music in the UK - but I kind of enjoy that.
My mum brought me up by herself, pretty much. She had me at the age of 20, and my grandmother was a single mother, too, for most of her life.
I write 100% of my material by myself. That's really important to me because I don't want what I'm trying to say to be diluted by anyone that might not know my circumstance or who I am as a person.
I am a bit of a granny, I feel older than my years. I like to read rather than go to parties but at the same time my band and I have a lot of fun on tour and can be big kids.
I like to keep morale up and not take things so seriously all the time. I enjoy life and laughs but I'm serious about the music. Serious about the craft of songwriting.
