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" 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.' "

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" I'm not one of those artists that can go away for six months and tour America and have 20 producers back in London or L.A. doing everything for me and I just come home and sing on it. It would be really useful, in terms of speed, to work like that. I just wouldn't find it creatively satisfying. I have to have my hand on the remote control. "

" I know I don't suck at being me. I'm really good at being me. "

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

" For me, one song is not enough to be in a person's world. I need to be in their world for 40 minutes; I want to fully experience it and immerse myself. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" You have to challenge yourself about the choices you make as an artist. "

" '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'm massively inspired by Janet Jackson, and I adore Whitney Houston and Madonna. "

" 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.' "

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

" Producing albums is 100 per cent where I would love to be, later in my career. "

" It's really weird when you realize the people you look up to - who have influenced or inspired you - start to realize what you do. "

" I started playing when I was about 13, mainly because Dad had guitars lying around the house. My dad taught me my first three chords, and I taught myself from there. "

" I don't care about how many records I sell, but the main thing is people like it. "

" As I grew in confidence, I was able to come out and say that I'm a musician. "

" I made the decision that I could either go outside in the freezing cold in the wind and rain and get muddy or just stay inside and be a rock star. "

" 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.' "

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

" I found my own voice slowly. I don't do big tricks like Mariah Carey, so I've found this weird way of singing that works for me. "

" From collaborating with other people, you make concessions, and those concessions are great because sometimes you are definitely wrong. "

" With 'White Light,' I had just finished watching 'Under the Skin' and was really obsessed with the idea of science fiction presented as normality. "

" 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 was obsessed with 'The Lion King' as a kid, and I really wanted to go work in an animal sanctuary and have my Lara Croft moment. "

" I'm massively inspired by 'True Blue'-era Madonna, but she is absolutely confident and in control of the situation. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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