'Ready' is dedicated to young people who are not yet jaded and worn down by the realities of this world.

I believe in reinventing oneself if one has messed up and is repentant and actually makes an effort to change for the better, I'm all about that.

All festival food is expensive.

I went to all of Dad's football games. As I got older, I got involved. He taught me everything I know about playing it.

Dad is a skilled athlete and runs his own football school for kids. While football is his entire life and he encouraged us to play, he still found time to take me to ballet and tennis lessons.

My dad played in the National Soccer League in Australia and also played football in Malaysia.

I started writing - just generally - when I was 10, there, and started writing songs when I was maybe 11 turning 12.

My true memory has been tainted by old home videos of my sister and I, ages 3 and 5 respectively, singing karaoke to Britney Spears' 'Lucky' in our living room, and tape recordings of my parents trying to elicit songs out of our throats at a similar or younger age.

I read a lot, I write a lot, and I have conversations with people I think are intelligent and wise.

My biggest strength in life is that I'm good at learning and I'm really good at admitting when I'm wrong and recalibrating my perspective.