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" 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. "

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Shura

Internet

People

Think

" I'd written songs since I was 16, but I never thought that I would be a musician full time. "

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

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

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

" Sometimes we feel like we're only interacting with what's already happening; we don't actually affect anything - sometimes I feel like that, anyway. "

Shura

Feel

Affect

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

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

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

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

" I love PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Pixies, Portishead, and Massive Attack: a lot of what I would describe as alternative and indie music. "

" I didn't really want anyone to know that I wanted to write music or make songs because, in a way, I didn't necessarily know if I wanted to do it for a profession. I wanted to do it to express myself. "

" I don't hate my voice. I'm just not an Adele. "

" 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.' "

" I love camping, everything about it - tents, the camping stove, sleeping bags. I'm obsessed with technology, be it synthesizers and speakers or tents and Gore-Tex. "

" My dad used to do a lot of music when he was young, so he had an 8-track MiniDisc recorder, and when he realized that I was getting on with it, he brought it upstairs to my room and showed me how to record and how, once you finished eight tracks, you can cut it down to two and have another six tracks to play with. "

" There's something about rhythm and bass sections generally, how the bass and drums interact, that's basically the soul of any song. "

" I'm really freaked out by time. How, for instance, what I did last week is not real in the sense that it's happened. It's just a memory that's filed away in my brain. "

" 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. "

Shura

My Own

Voice

" To go from someone who would put something on SoundCloud and maybe get 15,000 plays in a year to getting 100,000 plays in one day felt very weird. I thought I was dying. "

" I couldn't be a Taylor Swift. I would really suck at being Taylor Swift. "

" I love being in the studio. "

" I'm a lesbian. That's how I identify myself, but I think there's a massive spectrum for everyone. "

" 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. "

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

" Do stuff that is true to your own experiences. "

" 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.' "

Shura

Advice

Live

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

Shura

Records

People

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

Shura

Part

Ambitious