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" 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. "

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

Shura

Writing

Serious

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Shura

Way

Never

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

Shura

Part

Ambitious

" 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

" I want to explore my boundaries. I want to push myself and go right to the edge of what I am capable of. I don't want to ever be comfortable. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" Pop should be weird, and I realize as I say this that I'm not the weirdest person in the world. But if that means a girl sounding like Kylie Minogue and looking like Kurt Cobain, then so be it. "

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

" 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. "

Shura

People

Learning

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

" Some of the best songs are love songs. They're things that we all go through, and when we're going through it, we think that we're the only person in the world going through that. Having that music there sort of reminds you that you're not alone. It happens to me, too, as a music fan. "

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

" 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 love being in the studio. "

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

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