When I'm writing, I need to amplify my thoughts and feelings on just a conversation that I might have had with somebody - somebody close to me. It's often the case that the people closest to me are the people on my mind the most.
I write about personal experiences. I write about things that have happened to me and the people around me, so you just sort of keep this antenna up and on the lookout for things to say.
I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, 'You should give it a go in London.'
I loved pop music as a little kid. Things like the Black Eyed Peas. If it had a catchy chorus, I was into it.
When I was 15, if anything, I thought I was going to be a Delta bluesman, which is so ridiculous.
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.
It's silly to call me the new Ed Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a solo artist, but I'm not like that.
I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.
I used to dress up like Michael Jackson. I didn't have the glove, but I had a red jacket like in 'Thriller.'
There was a guitar that my uncle owned and never learnt to play. He sold it to my dad, and when I heard 'Layla', that was the tune that really grabbed me. I said to my dad, 'Wait, there's a guitar, right?'
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.
Some of my songs are about the feeling you belong somewhere else. But there's also something grounding about coming from a small town.
My family quite innocently don't understand the ins and outs of it all, but they see things like the Burberry show and the Live Lounge, so they understand the gravity of those things, but they're proud - it's cool.
I hope to have a long career, and I don't want to be defined by things that aren't the music.
There should be an element of mystique between the fans and the artist. That bit between the stage and the audience. I think that's necessary.
Up until the last minute, it was art and drawing for me. That was the first real and natural thing I thought I was good at and loved to do. But I developed a similar kind of love for music.
As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs.
It's bad to be labeled just another singer-songwriter.
My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make some music. It's kind of simple and really complex at the same time and, as you can see, incredibly hard to explain.
I love the intimate, single spotlight, troubadour-y quiet, delicate moments. But I also love Springsteen and screaming and shouting.
