I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel. I'm just writing songs that I like, and that's where I've always come from.
I played a lot of pubs, and some were a bit rougher than others, but once you got on, it was the same reception everywhere.
I had gigged so much from the age of 11 to 20 that I got to a stage where I actually got less nervous the bigger the gig. But you need those butterflies: they make you feel alive.
If you don't feel comfortable talking about really personal things in your music, you shouldn't do it. There's plenty of other things to write about.
I would love to do something with Bill Withers just because I think he's next-level, just so, so class!