There are a lot of classical musicians in my family, so I grew up with that being kind of normal.

Music is a very physical experience, and I need to understand things physically to be able to create the narrative for them.

Joker' is, of course, a character of my generation grew up with, and it’s a character you know really well and have strong opinions about. He’s been a larger-than-life character in fiction. He’s one of these rare characters that have had such strong performances."

Singing is something that I have done all my life, but what I did on my first two records was to hide the vocals. They’re there to thicken the web of the cello."

I genuinely find the most meaningful thing I do is to make music, but also to absorb some sort of creativity.

I'm interested in film - any aspect - acting, directing, writing.

If you wanted to make a film about British teenagers, it would be... well, it wouldn't interest me; let's put it like that. They'd be listening to music I hate, watching TV all the time, and talking about 'Big Brother.'

Music has been there for me. Whether good or bad, it's the way that I process experience. As a listener and as a writer.