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" I want to be worldwide, international, in everyone's ears, and everyone listening to what I'm saying, because I think I say some good stuff. "

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" I get loads of messages from people telling me they've been helped through some bad relationship when they've listened to my song. That's what I want to do. "

" I express my thoughts through my music. "

" I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing. "

" Sometimes I observe stuff I haven't been through and write about it. I used to walk my dog with these 50-year-olds, and they'd tell me stories I could use. "

" When we used to walk to school, I used to read off the walls, graffiti and stuff, everything. I used to write stories, but I'd never finish them. I wrote poems. "

" I left Starbucks in 2015. When I was younger, I remember looking at Justin Bieber and wishing I had all these fans, but you know what? Everyone has their path, everyone's path is different, and this is where mine's going. I just didn't want to work at Starbucks. I wanted to be writing music all the time. "

" For me, it's about touching as many people as I can and helping as many people as I can with my music. "

" I just make my music. It's not too complicated. "

" Both my parents have been big influences on me wanting to do music. My mum's always been, 'Just do it. Just sing.' "

" Because I'm on a tour bus, it's so hard to wash your face - we have to use, um, water bottles. But you know what? It's not about looking cute - it's about staying hydrated. "

" I want to be someone for young girls to look up to, for fathers to want their daughters to listen to me because I'm not rude, and I'm actually talking some sense. "

" I want to be a voice people listen to and feel good or sad or whatever. "

" With a label, pressure is added. Being independent, you don't feel a lot of pressure. "

" When I found 'New Chain' by Col3trane, honestly, I couldn't stop playing it. It's a good road trip song because the beat just drives on. "

" Sound has always followed me. A lot of reggae when mum was cooking. I'd write songs with my dad or play him anything I'd worked on. "

" I like to write about what I've seen and experiences I've been through. "

" My dad will always criticize me. He doesn't care if it hurts my feelings. If I start acting a certain way, he would be like, 'Who do you think you are?' So many people can tell me, 'You're amazing,' but I don't think it. I'm really hard on myself. "

" I'm not going to do a song just because it's with Drake. "

" I've always loved music since I was 11. I used to play keyboard, and I would write music. So since 11, I've been falling in love with music. "

Falling In Love

" When I first moved to London, I used to pretend to be on the phone. I used to talk about stuff that was going on out loud. To my phone! I don't do that anymore! "

" We are all beautiful in our own individual and special ways. "

" The first song I wrote was when I was 11. It was called 'Life Is a Path Worth Taking.' "

" Drake brought me out at the O2 in London and Barclays Center, and I'm on 'More Life.' "

" I listen to all types of music. "

" I believe a voice is a voice. I could wear a box on my head and still have a good voice. "

" I write all of my music. "

" I'd like to be a role model. "

" One Christmas, I wrote a nativity play. But nobody turned up on the day of the performance apart from my brother and my cousins, so I just read the whole script onstage and made my brother pretend to be one of the animals at the inn. "

" Most of me expressing myself comes through my music more than what I wear. "

" I used to like loads of boys and get rejected all the time. "