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" Being Sting's daughter hasn't kicked any doors open for me - he has had absolutely nothing to do with my career. It's all been down to me so far, and that's how I want to keep it. "

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" I write most of my stuff when I'm on a train or a plane, any mode of transport. I like trains because you hear this motoric rhythm and the scenery is great. You go into your own little world. You don't have to be anywhere else. "

Eliot Sumner

World

You

Train

" Music is about self-expression and representing the times, and I think fashion is the same. It took me a long time to find my own style, both in terms of fashion and music. "

" I'm very much a creature of habit. I don't like to try to new things. "

" I make my songs slightly abstract so that people can interpret them their own way. I think that's a lot more special, so you can hear a song and think, 'I feel exactly that way,' even if it wasn't written for that feeling. "

" I'm very shy and awkward; I can't have a normal conversation, and then people think I'm being a bit rude, but really I'm not. "

" I only wear black. I think it suits me. "

" I didn't come out as gay; I came out as I don't really believe in gender. "

" It's always best to challenge yourself and go to a place out of your comfort zone. "

" For me, Paul Simon has always been an incredible songwriter, as he writes very complicated songs that sound very simple, and he makes it look so easy when it's not. "

Eliot Sumner

Easy

Complicated

" I would make documentaries if it was a worthy cause. I have a lot of respect for people who put themselves in harm's way to make people see that something needs to be done. "

" I started listening to a lot of Jimi Hendrix and Neil Young when I was 8 or 9 years old - I had siblings that gave me good music instead of the crap that was on the radio in the '90s. "

Eliot Sumner

Music

Radio

" I wear a lot of black. Like my heart. "

" I can only be myself, and if I have to suffer for that, that's okay, because to pretend to be somebody else - I tried that, it's terrible. "

" With a band I feel stronger. It's not just me and my weird thoughts. "

Eliot Sumner

Weird

Feel

" On my fourth or fifth birthday, a guitar was given to me, and I made a new friend. A very loud friend. "

Eliot Sumner

New

Friend

" I was very young when I did 'I Blame Coco,' and I never really recognized that sound as me. "

" It stresses me out writing songs,; I get really super nervous and speedy. I feel like I'm possessed. "

Eliot Sumner

Nervous

Out

" I think, forever, I was trying to figure out maybe... what I am. But I don't think anyone should feel pressured to have any kind of label or tag on them. We should treat everybody the same... Me, I don't like to be put down to a specific thing. We're all human beings. "

" I don't particularly like attention. I like to do things on my own. I like to dress myself. People always ask that at shoots: 'Do you want any help?' That's the weirdest question. "

" With social networks these days, everyone needs to know everything all the time. But the problem is, people are so used to short snippets of information that no one has any attention span anymore. I don't, anyway. "

" Music is the only thing that I trust. "

" I was somewhat of a mute at school, so people were quite scared! "

" My French is terrible, and my Spanish is even worse. I find Spanish really difficult. They speak so quickly, whereas in German, it's very clear what they're saying. It's easier to repeat. "

" Self-sufficiency is vitally important to my self-respect. I never wanted to rely on my parents in that way, because I knew that if I got used to it, I'd be reliant all my life. "

" I think I have a lot of energy, and most of it is quite aggressive energy. But in a positive way, I think. It's like a positive aggression. "

" I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to music. I like studio gear. I'm always looking it up on eBay and seeing what I can afford. "

" I knew I wasn't going to write a record as soon as I got signed, because I hadn't had any life experiences. I was still at school, and I wasn't going to write about that. "

" I don't look into myself too much. I don't think I'm shy so much as a better listener than I am a speaker. I just really don't wish for attention. "

" It's not a nice thing to have a song written about you. "

" I try to read, but my attention span is so bad, and ever since Netflix was invented, that's all I do in my spare time, which is really bad, but it's like a chore to read for me. "