“I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just to see what it would turn out like.”

“I think I had kind of an advantage. When I was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail and he had a great record collection. He had - it was all - these were the songs. So I heard a lot of these songs, like, my whole life, so for me it was easy. I already knew what I was going to sing.”