I found it hard at the start because everyone was trying to be creative. Every time you looked online, someone was baking, someone was painting, someone was doing, like- It was very like, 'Oh, we have loads of time now, we must create!' and I was like, 'Jesus!', so I just kind of did nothing for about 6 months, to be honest. Cause I'd just written an album and had just released it, so I was like, 'I'm done with the writing thing for a while.' But then I found it really good. What I've noticed off the back of it and having been in the studio writing my own stuff is that conceptually, it's been really good. You have more time with your own thoughts. You have more time to actually think, like, 'How to I story-tell here?' Cause the best part and the easiest part about songwriting is if you walk into a room and you know exactly what you want to say before you've even walked into the room, you take hours off it. Like, Anne Marie straight away was like, 'I'll be honest, I'm alright with me', and that sums up her whole album, because her album's called Therapy, so she's been doing therapy. And if you're able to say in the opening line of a song, 'I'll be honest, I'm alright with me', you know you've done alright. So conceptually, it's a good place to be in!
Niall on whether the pandemic was a help or a hindrance for creativity on RTE 2FM Breakfast | 02.06
