When I'm In New York, I Just

I Think It Would Be Wrong To Consider 'ashes And Fire' A Love Album. The Record Is Obsessed With Time. I Believe That There Is A Kinder View Of The Self On This Record.

There Definitely Isn't A Structure Anymore To How I Get Ideas. A Lot Of Times I'll Just Write Down A Phrase, Or I'll Have An Idea That's Attached To Just A Few Chords. Other Times, It's Work.

I Can Sort Of Will That Stuff To Happen To Me If I Put Myself In The Right Headspace. Then I Can Actually Get To A Space Where It Won't Just Be One Song That Comes Through, But A Series Of Them.

Writing And Creating, Those Things Come To Me On Their Own. I Feel Like... You Sort Of Summon Them And It's Like Allowing The Universe To Enter Your Heart In An Entirely Different Way To What It Normally Does. It's Like Inviting That Energy Of The Universe To Enter Into Your Craft In A Way Where It Has A Meaning.

On Heartbreaker, I Had To Sing Those Songs. I Drank The Way I Did Those Songs. I Ate The Way I Did Those Songs. I Communicated The Way I Did Those Songs.