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" With the BBC Sound list, it's just humbling even being put aside those other musicians - people like Alicia Kava, who I am a huge fan of. "

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" I wish I was a prolific writing wondrous boy genius - I wish I was Stevie Wonder - but I wasn't. I was me. I wrote terrible songs about girls I was head-over-heels about. As soon as a pretty girl looks at me, that's it - I'm in love, and I should probably write a song about it! "

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" I didn't do myself any favours. I would be resentful of my own ideas even before I'd said them out loud. But music was always the most consistent and peaceful thing for me. So I taught myself to be my harshest critic rather than just a mean voice in the back of my head. "

" My mission is to just keep creating music. If it helps people in some way, then I'm doing the right thing. "

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" I spent my entire childhood going 'look at me, look at me, look at me,' before realising I needed someone to look at me for more than just what I was showing off for. "

" I genre-hop quite a lot. I love manipulating genre and deconstructing it and making it irrelevant. Genreless music is great because it means you get to write in any genre that you like. "

" I got my first laptop, what I learned to do everything on, when I was 17 or 18, and I had no idea what I was doing. I'd only ever produced on an 8-track before. When I was about 13 and writing songs, I would write on that. It would literally be eight tracks, and that's all I had. "

" I don't listen to much music on the go because I tend either to be writing my own music or wanting a break from the music around me. "

" Performing outside is always kind of strange. Usually, you can't hear something, whether it's your voice or instrument, but it's a fun challenge. "

" I grew up with parents who really encouraged me to listen to as much music as I could. "

" My mum would play Stevie Wonder around the house, and I remember just loving the songs and feeling so blown away by how much was going on. "

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" I've been naturally quick at learning things, and I learn by doing things, so if I sit beside someone who is actively doing something, I look at how they do it and absorb the way in which they do something and find my own comfortable way of reimagining that, or using certain techniques in my own way. "

" I like making sounds and putting it together, I'm not just a singer or a producer. "

" I get inspired by the sounds that evoke an emotion from me. That's what I am drawn to; that's what turns me on. "

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" Festivals are the best because you can't control anything, and for a control freak like me, that's a wonderful experience. "