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" 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. "

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" 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 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 love being in the studio. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" If you told teenage me that I would end up supporting Tegan and Sara for a month in North America, my head would have probably exploded. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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 think it's much harder now with the Internet to hone anything. It's easy to share things: you do one track, and it goes on Hype Machine; people are being exposed a lot earlier. "

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

" It was never like I had to go, 'I am gay.' Slowly, almost by osmosis, by the way I was behaving, it became obvious and accepted. "

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

" I worked in a post-production facility for television, but in the machine room, so I was one of the nerds, essentially - making sure everyone had their footage in and all of that stuff. "

" 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. "

" 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've tried writing darker, more serious songs, but they don't go anywhere. Everything revolves around the chorus for me. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "