Jamie Lawson

I've gone periods of maybe four months without writing anything, but it's not a problem. It just means something's building inside you, and it'll build and it'll build, and at some point it'll come out, and it does, and it usually comes out in three or four songs, and you play it that way, really.

There's a band in the U.K. called Elbow. They're not that big in the U.S., but I think they're genius.

I love skinny-dipping. Night swimming as well; that's my favorite.

Skype is a wonderful invention. It might be my favorite thing because I get to see my family and the ones that you love.

Because of 'Wasn't Expecting That,' I've had a lot of people come up to me and say how I've written their lives or their grandparents' lives. It means the world to me that I helped in the tiniest way.

If you can have Ed Sheeran on your record, you may as well.

I worked in a record store, but I realised I didn't want that. I still wanted to pursue a career - or a life - that my songs provided for me.

I'm not striving for fame, that's for sure. I don't particularly like the idea of celebrity. I would like to be successful with my music, so I realise that there's a balance to be made there.