The Nature Of How We

Mumford & Sons' Music Appeals To A Lot Of America. I'm Really Proud Of Them.

I Definitely Write About A Lot Of Dreamy, Surreal Stuff. I Do End Up Going To A Surreal World With My Music, But I Also Like The Idea Of There Being Really Real Stuff As Well.

You Pick Up Loads Of Baggage With Your First Record With Reaction To It From Fans And Critics. So I Went To Ireland By Myself For A Couple Of Weeks With My Guitar. I Read Lots Of Poetry, I Read Patti Smith's Autobiography And Started Words And Phrases And Then Songs Started To Take Shape.

I Record Stuff All The Time, Like Little Vocal Things. I Write Random Things Down... Sometimes I Just Get Things Stuck In My Head And I Record Them, And That Actually Becomes A Song Quite A Lot Of The Time.

I Feel Like My Songs Are Very Relevant And Very Meaningful, But I Literally Have To Get Rid Of The Nostalgia For Shows Because I Would Just Be Mess On-stage Otherwise.