Some of my songs are about the feeling you belong somewhere else. But there's also something grounding about coming from a small town.

Growing up, when I was at live shows, I was always hoping someone would come out on stage and say, 'The guitarist is sick and couldn't make it... does anybody know how to play all the songs?' That was always my little dream. It was a massively inspiring thing to be in a space with live shows.

Growing up in Hitchin was comfortable and easy enough. My parents had some great records - and some not-so-great ones - and that's where I got introduced to Motown and the Stones and Springsteen.

The thing about 'Hold Back The River' that I like is that it's a good starting place, and it was the perfect first single.

My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done.

As counterintuitive as it sounds, 'speed to fail' should be every entrepreneur's motto. Success isn't born wholly-formed like Venus from a clamshell; it's developed through relentless trial and error.

I think it's important to be able to say that you did live a normal life and struggled to make ends meet. It all has to do with work ethic and how I apply myself to my awesome job now. I've always been used to working because I've been working since I was four.

If I had stuck to my knitting, I would have had a wonderful career having a delicatessen in Blacktown.