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" Everyone in L.A. loves sushi, and I don't understand it at all. "

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" I played soccer for nine years, so I took that route instead of singing. I played on the outside team as well as in school, so I was always playing soccer. It wasn't until I moved back to London that I really, like, started investing in music again and realized, OK, yeah, this is definitely what I want to do. "

" It was such a culture shock for me, being plucked from this diverse neighborhood in London into Jamaica Queens. I'm in this new environment, and I had an English accent. "

" I definitely believe that there are songs that, as artists, we don't know the full potential. "

" I'm someone who likes routine. "

" From the end of 2015 to the start of 2016, I was always at the studio with Mustard, just figuring out a sound. "

" I always say that when you have friends that are girls, you tell each other everything. "

" It's been cool to have my name mentioned when people say R&B is on the comeback and I'm the leading person. If you had told me at 16 that I would be that person - you're lying. "

" I like to leave things open to interpretation. But I also like to make a point. There's two meanings behind each EP title. With 'Time,' that was 'time to move on': you know, you've been in a bad situation; this is enough. But it was also time, in my life, for introducing myself, my first project I was putting out with Mustard. A new exciting time. "

" I was a huge Lauryn Hill fan; that was all my mom would listen to in the car. "

" My mom used to play a lot of music around the house, and I think that's where I get my inspiration from. "

" As much as heartbreak music might be therapeutic, we all want love and long for that feeling. So if a song can give you that feeling, even without being in love, that's amazing. "

" I think R&B is way bigger in America. It's not really that mainstream in the U.K. "

" When you're in love, your heart and your mind are in sync, and everything just feels right. It's a special feeling. "

" I've always been singing. Ever since I can remember, I've been singing. "

" Mustard believes in me so much. It's good to have a mentor that's been through it. Even though he's a producer, he's been a new artist. "

" L.A. is so slow. Everyone is so chill, and the weather, of course, makes everything better, but it's just a different vibe. "

" A lot of my music is about love. And that, of course, is super relatable. "

" I've learned a lot. I've seen a lot. I've grown a lot. "

" I think originality is something that's important and catches people's eye. "

" I could never have imagined that, so early in my career, that I'd be ticking off boxes that I've dreamed about since I was a little girl. "

" When I went into high school, I don't know why - because I've been performing since I was little - but I think it was just the pressure of being somewhere so different, and I already stood out because I had an accent, and everyone always wanted you to talk, that I kind of shied away from singing a bit. "

" A lot of 'Time' was actually about a friend's relationship and me seeing what she went through and how she felt. "

" Mustard saw my Instagram probably, like, August of 2015. He just reached out to me by DM on Instagram. "

" A lot of the times, if relationships go badly, you concentrate on the negative. But in those situations, there is always a positive outcome that you can learn from. So, I like to concentrate on the lesson and how I can learn from this. I concentrate on me rather than concentrating on the actual situation. "

" A lot of people say 'Boo'd Up' reminds them of '90s R&B. It has that feeling, which is why I think people take to the song so much. "

" As much as a lot of my music is very R&B, there's a bounce to it that obviously makes it easier to perform live. It's upbeat and uptempo. "

" I always felt like I could go to my mom and speak to her about anything. We have a great relationship. "

" 'Naked' embodies what everyone, at the end of the day, really wants and how they should feel. "

" With social media especially, there's a lot of image issues that everyone faces because there's so much pressure on us. "

" It's deeper than the music when it comes to me and Mustard. He's like a big brother, and I'm so thankful to have a mentor like him to advise me. Even though he gives me a lot of creative control, I always go to him like, 'Do you like this?' It's so cool that it's always a collaborative effort. He never makes me feel pressured or anything. "