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" I think marriage is a scary concept. It's a scary concept for anybody. I'm not sure where I sit with that. "

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" Growing up in Ireland, there are a lot of aspects of God that hang in the air. And my music reflects that. "

" Certainly in the case of having to answer questions about where a song comes from, it's a hell of a lot easier when you say, 'I've removed myself from it.' But they start from quite a personal place. They always do. "

" I'm quite sure I don't want legions of 15-year-old girls who call themselves, like, Broziers or something. My career isn't going to be that kind of a thing. "

" I hate nightclubs, and I get fed up very quickly in crowded rooms. I enjoy being around people I know. "

" The success of 'Take Me To Church,' I never imagined it. I never imagined that it would work on radio, that it would find its way onto the charts, even at home and certainly not in America. "

" I had just discovered jazz, and I started singing in a kind of blues cover band at the age of 15. We called ourselves - it was a terrible name - the Blue Zoots. We couldn't actually get our hands on zoot suits, nor did we dress in blue. We did covers of Screamin' Jay Hawkins and kind of Blues Brothers repertoire stuff. "

" Being in a studio is quite a creative and energetic process. "

" I dabbled with faith, and I explored religion quite thoroughly. "

" Social media is an advertisement for the superficial extroverted self. "

" I look at all good things with a bit of a dark lens, I suppose, especially with something like love. "

" Religion wasn't imposed on me. I dabbled with faith, and I explored religion quite thoroughly. "

" As I listened more and more to the music that moved me, I gained more fascination with America. "

" I'm reading a lot of poetry because it's a lot easier to dip in and dip out when you've got 10 minutes to yourself. "

" It's a surreal experience filming promotion with Ryan Seacrest and meeting Top 40 pop artists. "

" It's funny: Your relationship changes with a song over time. After a year or so, you're a different person, so your songs, you don't connect with them like you did. "

" The main thing is, I can't stay up late partying when I'm on tour. That's not good for my voice or my health in general. "

" Much of social media can be seen as the 'News of me.' It's not so much a platform for connecting and sharing as it is a platform for advertising the idea of yourself you want to portray to others: the image of yourself you want to project. "

" Being 16 is the worst time to be anybody, there is not enough tea in China to persuade me to be that young again. I wasn't very happy with myself. "

" Some of the earlier stuff I did in studio with producers was very pop-directed, which I was uncomfortable with. "

" There's not a lot of room for thinking in popular culture; there's not a lot of room for being conflicted. "

Popular Culture

" The way I did the first album... the way I wrote 'Church'... was just to trust my instincts with the music and let it kind of do what it does. "

" I think it all started with Nina Simone. When I was maybe seven or eight, I used to listen to one of her albums every night before I went to sleep. For me, her voice was everything. "

" Regardless of the sexual orientation behind a relationship, it is still a relationship and still love. "

" If I fall into a city, I fall into a scene, and I just don't want to get distracted and enjoy myself too much. There's too much work to be done. "

" Religion wasn't imposed on me. "

" It's so easy to look forward when you're travelling; you spend your life looking forward, thinking, 'What's next? When do I get time to work on my music again? Or when do I get time to get my 'normal' life back?' "

" There are a few Irish writers who have a very strong influence on me, especially on the 'Take Me to Church' EP. "

" I don't like false happy endings, and I don't think the real world is such a forgiving place. "

" I figured the songs wouldn't make much of a splash. I didn't think 'Take Me To Church' would play on the radio or get in the charts, and I didn't think about dealing with a global audience. "

" It's kind of strange to hear your songs sung back to you! You get a big insight into what people connect to, what's moving to people or what songs people are really into. "