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

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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.' "

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

" I love scarves and hats and coats. I love it. "

" 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. "

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

" '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. "

" A lot of people think I popped out of some pink cloud fully formed, ready for action, but I've been putting songs on SoundCloud since I was 16. Five people would listen and like them. I never had any expectations for myself. "

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

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

" I'm 23, and if I wanted to release a record when I was 17, I could have released a record, but I'm really glad I didn't. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" The best thing you can do is having to say no to putting out something that's good, because everything else is better. "

" Someone will say, 'Shura's album is about being a gay woman in London.' Umm, I feel like my album's just about me. I am a gay woman, and I live in London... It's not about being a gay woman in London. "

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

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

" 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.' "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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

" 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! "

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