KT Tunstall

“I'm a huge fan of The Chemical Brothers and the Ninja Tune label and a lot of the stuff that they put out like DJ Shadow but I think, out of all of them, Leftism really just excited my music...”

“I would never pigeon hole myself stylistically because I just don't know what I am going to want to do next.”

“For me, success is being happy. I used to think it was lots of houses, lots of record sales, lots of stories to tell. But some massive life changes, getting a divorce and my dad dying, led t...”

“My experience of being a singer and performer is there is something meditative and very positive about singing, just resonating the inside of your body.”

“I really liked writing rhyming poems and plays.”

“I lived in L.A. for a year when I was four - my dad was doing a sabbatical at UCLA - so it always remained quite a familiar place.”

“Basically, my mum and dad bought me a CD player for my 14th birthday. They didn't really listen to music at all, but my dad had a couple of tapes that he'd listen to, like Tom Lehrer. My dad...”

“I was very into tribal techno and used to go and really lose myself in great dance music.”

“The topography of L.A. is fascinating.”

“I really enjoy tech, but I'm not voracious - I'll find stuff because I want to use it, not because I'm interested in what's out there. It's a sort of necessity relationship.”