The song that changed my life
There’s many critical songs on The Mission soundtrack, but Gabriel’s Oboe [by Ennio Morricone] hit me hard. I had to pull off the road, I cried like a baby. I didn’t realise how powerful music could be until that moment. I was 22.The first single I bought
At Seventeen by Janis Ian. I reference it in my album Little Miss Twain and it says so much about the emotions of a teenage misfit. I felt like her, I related – but I was also thinking: “Wow, I have to some day write this well.” It gave me a goal; I was so in awe. I made very little money, babysitting, taking care of my neighbour’s horse, singing in bars. I would get like 20 bucks, that I would mostly give to my family, but I got that record for myself.The best song to play at a party
If Dancing Queen by Abba comes on and you’re in the bathroom, you rush to get out, you can’t miss a second of it.The song I secretly like, but tell everybody I hate
Nobody ever wants to listen to The Phantom of the Opera, but I nerd out and listen to the whole album. I have to do it by myself – it’s sort of a secret.The song that gets me up in the morning
