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" I love being in the studio. "

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" I'm a bit of a geek: I just love being able to play with dials and buttons. "

" When I wasn't working, I was learning how to use production software on YouTube and making music. "

" It's just as important - if not more important - to take the praise with a pinch of salt, just as you do the criticism. "

" I take inspiration from so many places. I think, more than anything, it would have to be the music made by others that I've then fallen in love with, whether it's Madonna, Blood Orange, Fleetwood Mac, or Pink Floyd! "

" Whilst the Internet is amazing, someone with a laptop can make something amazing and send it out, but you grow up creatively in a very public way. "

" It is important that you're out, and it is important that you're visible. "

" Some of the best songs are love songs. They're things that we all go through, and when we're going through it, we think that we're the only person in the world going through that. Having that music there sort of reminds you that you're not alone. It happens to me, too, as a music fan. "

" Pop music for introverts is an idea I wanted to explore. "

" Perhaps a young boy or girl, after watching my video, can go, 'Maybe I don't have to be embarrassed. Maybe I can come out at school, maybe I can tell my best friend... and maybe I don't have to be afraid anymore.' "

" I suffer from imposter syndrome all the time. Even if I'm just at a party, I'm thinking people are going to find out that I'm really boring. "

" I've had relationships before where you break up, and you think you're going to die, and then you realise you're definitely not going to die, and actually, you're probably better off without them. "

" 'Nothing's Real' is about my first-ever panic attack, which I had about four months after getting my record deal. "

" You have to make sure you love what you do more than anything. "

" If I fancy someone but can't tell them because I'm shy, I'll think, 'It's fine. You're not going to die. Maybe just tell them or whatever.' "

" There's a part of me that's ambitious. "

" 'What's It Gonna Be?' is about having a massive crush on someone, so it made sense to go back where - to school, where it all began. But it was important for us to explore those archetypal characters - The Jock, The Nerd, The Dork, The Popular Kid - and then flip expectations. "

" I got this advice that if you know a panic attack is happening, just sit back and go, 'Okay, this is happening to me, but it'll be over. You'll be fine. You'll live.' "

" In London, I used to play 'Boys of Summer,' but it didn't feel right, because it doesn't apply to your surroundings, to the weather. I remember being in L.A. and listening to that record and going, 'Oh, I get it now.' "

" It's strange: I love pop music, and I really can enjoy it, but I didn't feel like the characters within pop music - like when Madonna sings 'Crazy For You', for instance, I don't feel like I would ever be the character she takes on in that song. I would never feel... I don't have that confidence in me. "

" Is the mainstream becoming more queer? Or is it the opposite? That artists like me are mainstreaming queer music? "

" After putting out songs with 26 million views on YouTube, your life changes a little bit. Suddenly everyone's like, 'Where's the album?' "

" I think there's something antagonistic about bedroom pop. We're reappropriating pop and saying you don't have to be an ex-Disney star to make pop music. You can be from Shepherd's Bush and have spent most of your life listening to the Smiths and still make a pop record. "

" I'm actually really impressed with everyone at Polydor. "

" The hardest thing is having to do selfies even when you're on your period and you're queuing at Superdrug to get ibuprofen. That's when I'm like, 'You know what? I don't feel like Shura today.' "

" When you have a lot of gay friends, you don't think of that as being different or divisive or weird; that's just your reality. "

Being Different

" A lot of people start by learning other people's songs, but the idea of singing someone else's music didn't excite me. I just wanted to write my own. It was really bad to begin with. It's improved slightly since. "

" I read interviews saying women can bring a femininity to a song, a delicacy, but some women make really aggressive music. "

" People like Prince or Madonna, they're kind of superhuman. You can't imagine them burning their toast, and there's something really exciting about that. "

" I felt that pop music didn't represent me. And that's why I made my own. "

" It's probably the first type of music we had, rhythm, whether it's poetry or tapping. "