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" I lived with my auntie and my cousin when I was growing up, and they always wore black, and I thought it was quite chic. It wasn't a goth or a social group sort of thing. "

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" Rat Records in Camberwell is where most of my record collection has come from. It's like someone with my exact taste in music has handed them all their old vinyl. "

Romy Madley Croft

Taste

Vinyl

Music

" At a festival like Coachella, you're not necessarily playing for your fans. You're playing to some, but there is also a lot of people that have maybe heard one of your songs, but aren't quite fans yet, so you feel like you have something to prove. "

Romy Madley Croft

You

People

" When I think about myself as a teenager going to festivals, you look to the main stage as the main entertainment of the night. "

" I was a very shy kid and really into art. "

" I'm happy - despite things that might have happened in my life. "

" I grew up in Wandsworth and was constantly on public transport, as there wasn't much going on around there. "

Romy Madley Croft

Grew

Going

" You can't really sit and start singing into a laptop at an airport. Well, you could, but you'd have a lot of sound in the background. "

" I love that people can feel the bass in their body. "

" My friends call me an owl. Apparently, it's a combination of being wise and having big eyes. "

Romy Madley Croft

Owl

Wise

" My mum died when I was 11. "

Romy Madley Croft

Died

Mum

" I really love that: bringing people together and feeling the love. "

" I started out writings songs for what I thought was going to be a maximum of five people down our local pub. "

" The lyrics - everything I sing, I've written. "

" I taught myself how to use a multi-track tape recorder, which was the first time I recorded myself. "

" As a fan of pop music myself, I hate discovering that a favourite track has a completely different meaning from the one I thought. "

" I had this all-American cheerleader girl, in Georgia or somewhere, coming up to me and asking for guest list at a show. I never thought our music would reach out to such a broad variety of people like that. "

" When you sign over your music to the BBC or Channel 4, you are signing it over, and they either use it, or they don't. "

" I sometimes get asked, 'What's it like, being spotted?', but the truth is I don't, ever. I love that I can walk around, being private. "

" Mainstream pop is a bit more introspective and emotional now, like how Adele's 'Someone Like You' is everyone's favorite song, and it's so heartbreaking. "

" There's a place in Dalston, in England, called LNCC, where you have to make an appointment in order to shop. "

" Always treat people the way you would like to be treated. My mum told me that, and it often comes into my mind. "

Romy Madley Croft

Always

You

" Aaliyah has been an artist I've grown up with, like an older sister. "

Romy Madley Croft

Sister

" For me, I can sort of sit there and write something down, but I can't develop it. Because to do that, I have to sit on my own and sing. I have to be really alone to do that. "

Romy Madley Croft

My Own

I Can