Jack Garratt

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.

People forget that, for example, Adele wasn't always the Adele we know. Sam Smith wasn't always the Sam Smith that we know.

Ever since I was a little kid, my ears and my hands would talk to each other very well, so I could pick up instruments quite easily.

I want my music to sound good on whatever people are listening - laptop speakers, those crappy little white ones you get with your PC.

I like making sounds and putting it together, I'm not just a singer or a producer.

I get inspired by the sounds that evoke an emotion from me. That's what I am drawn to; that's what turns me on.

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 was put through piano lessons when I was a kid. I say 'put through' because it was fun and I loved it, and it's been beneficial now, but it was difficult because, although I can read music, I much prefer just playing and improvising and at least finding my own way to play an instrument.

I'm fascinated by film scores, especially film scores for children's movies because they have to be able to entertain an audience that isn't interested in music yet.

The music in my family has always been there; it's been quite an obvious trait that seems to have trickled down the bloodline.

I would sing around the house, and I would always play on things just because instruments were always there, but I didn't show any genius as a child. I wasn't a prodigy or anything like that.

I spent my entire childhood going 'look at me, look at me, look at me,' before realising I needed someone to look at me for more than just what I was showing off for.