I spent the first 25 years of my life trying to convince everyone that I was a pop star. — CMAT Copy Share Image
In real life, I can't be earnest, I can't have a serious conversation. I will fob everything off on jokes and humour. — CMAT Copy Share Image
There's no point in suffering. You could just have been having a good time. Because life is very short. — CMAT Copy Share Image
More than success, there's a bigger gremlin that wants me to make music that's really good. She's brutal and has ruined my… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I really do think that in life, people just want to talk about their problems. In particular, Irish people and English people… — CMAT Copy Share Image
The kind of head space that good songs come from is one of extreme emotion, extreme depth of feeling, which has an… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I like touring as it's a break from having to deal with your real life. You're performing to crowds of people who,… — CMAT Copy Share Image
The shape of life, not just family life, but adult life, has completely transformed from the way it was before the Internet… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I'm really good at calling in sick and I have an amazing skill of going to a GP and getting whatever I… — CMAT Copy Share Image
There's a lot of musicians and songwriters who as soon as they ascend into being professional, they elect to lead the life… — CMAT Copy Share Image
Christmas is the only time of year where you get to experience a truly, truly indulgent potato. — CMAT Copy Share
I can't leave the house without earrings. I think I'd rather die. I think I'd rather die than leave the house without a pair… — CMAT Copy Share
My dad had a job in computers, we didn't really have any money, we weren't affluent, but we were fine. — CMAT Copy Share
I'm really focusing on songs that transfer well to live music, because my live band is such an important part of what I do.… — CMAT Copy Share
Even when I was a child, I used to constantly get into trouble at school because I couldn't stop talking and people didn't like… — CMAT Copy Share
I really do think that in life, people just want to talk about their problems. In particular, Irish people and English people don't really… — CMAT Copy Share
I don't think Lena Dunham is any worse a person than Dua Lipa. I just think that some people are really careful about what… — CMAT Copy Share
I think a lot of people think that I'm a humorist or comedy songwriter. I will never take offence, but I think a lot… — CMAT Copy Share
My name is CMAT and I'm literally just a young one from Dunboyne/Dublin, depending who you ask. — CMAT Copy Share
This is the thing - being a popstar is either the best thing ever or the worst thing ever, and there's not really any… — CMAT Copy Share
I got my first iPod when I was 12. Spent the whole of Christmas Day downloading Beatles songs off of LimeWire and it was… — CMAT Copy Share
