From when I was a kid I wanted to write. It was so important to me that I was writing my own material.
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Melody is the first thing that comes to me when I’m songwriting. I learned piano classically first, and then I went into soul, and so melody has always been the first. It’s so important.
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From when I was a kid I wanted to write. It was so important to me that I was writing my own material.
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I was very quiet until I got at the piano, and weekends, lunch breaks, after school, before school, I was just making music.
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I feel like ‘Next To Me’ is a great introduction because it’s a simple song that has a simple message for me. I wanted to introduce something that lyrically I’m proud of and introduces me both as an artist and as a writer.
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Sometimes you feel like a very small drop in this huge ocean.
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I try to speak of a love that not necessarily romantic. I think there is so much love between people and so much love people want to give but it’s harder and harder these days to show that, to celebrate that, you know?
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I think people don’t realize how many hours of practice goes into becoming a musician and getting better.
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I’m not too bothered about what category my music goes in and there’s no point in limiting in who you can reach, but I want it to be respected.
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You’ve got the words to change a nation but you’re biting your tongue.
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Any song I have to work on longer than a day, I just leave it. It’s not gonna work. Everything that’s good is really instant.
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I don’t know if I was as ambitious as to change the world, but I do feel like – the reason why I called the album “Our Version of Events” was that I feel a lot of people are not represented in pop music and popular culture.
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I want to speak for people that may not feel like they’re being spoken for at the moment. And I want to make a connection between the world around us and the charts.
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People that come to my shows are definitely people that feel outsiders. They feel like I don’t feel sexy, I don’t feel like – I can’t go out every night on Friday and I can’t connect to that, and I feel so much pressure to do that.
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It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.
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The focus is on singer/songwriters now rather than huge shows. I mean, of course there’s always a place for that too.
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I was so shy and so quiet, and the only time I had my own voice and I could really connect with people was when I was singing or on stage.
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I’d be smiling if I wasn’t so desperate. I’d be patient if I had the time.
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