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I still picture myself as a student of the music. I'm always trying to learn new things. Music is just what makes me tick.

In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working class family and happened to get obsessed with music as a teenager.

Music has always been a large part of my life, and I'm very fortunate to be able to start a career doing something I love.

I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.

I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.

I never played music, but it's an important thing ... the studying, the inspiration.

I'm very happy that I got introduced to music only as something you got pleasure from.

I'm a huge fan of music in schools and music education because that's how I grew up.

Music is something I couldn't live without. My dad was into music, he played for pleasure - guitar, piano. I started off doing jazz, singing with a lot of fabulous musicians here in London before I went to the States. And I still take piano lessons every Wednesday.