'Take Me To Church' sensation Hozier has revealed that when he was a teenager, he realised the importance of working to make himself happy and started taking music very seriously. 

During an interview with Billboard magazine, the star admitted that his childhood was very pleasant and he was a 'well-behaved kid', but learned to be true to himself as a teen and decided to follow a path that he wanted to be on:

"I was a pretty well-behaved kid, much to my regret. I realised I'd rather not please people and not loathe every minute of existence. So I turned away from all that and started doing what I wanted to do: music."

The star went onto add that he was surprised by the success of his debut single because he never expected to have mainstream appeal: "I'd made a conscious decision to write music for a much smaller audience. I did not think it would resonate with mainstream culture."

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Watch his music video for 'Work Song' here: