“When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’”

Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.

I think it’s our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we’re able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn’s case, we as artists somehow made it ‘cool’ enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over.

People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.

What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.

I tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.

I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.

On tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.

I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.

It’s nice to know there’s a big world with many perspectives. I tend to get so stuck in my own small world easily, and going out into the world reminds me that I’m not the center of the world – in a good way.

I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.

You can never learn enough about music.

I couldn’t wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn’t actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don’t really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that’s what I wanted to do.

I really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.

I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’

I don’t think I’m alone in this: I’m obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.

I feel like I’ve always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.

I don’t want to do what my idols did… I want to do more than they did. And I feel like I’m on my way.

Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.

I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.

Like, how does age and circumstance equate to some kind of personality trait?

I was raised by a single dad, so I’ve always just kind of liked “guys” stuff. I think my dad just took me to the things he was interested in.

I admired that stride; it was like he folded space in two with it.

I really like Katy Perry and the music she does. She’s an amazing musician and it’s an honour to be opening for her in London.

Like just now. Like now. How is it possible? Can you love someone more and more and at the same time, all the time, love them as much as it’s possible to love someone?