Natalie Prass: 'If you’re choosing to do music with your life you’re a little bit crazy'

“I’m such an emotional person that when it comes to songwriting I can click into whatever zone I need,” admits singer-songwriter Natalie Prass, as we’re both propped, side-by-side, on a kitchen unit at the back of Islington’s Town Hall. The American soul singer, who has a delicate, bird-like frame and big soft brown eyes, is a fidgety presence, rarely making eye contact and constantly fiddling with her long, black hair.