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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have complete creative freedom. If I want to put a song on the album, there's no one stopping me.
- Lot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved a lot of the romantic composers.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being an artist and a human in this world always means confronting people who make you feel like you have to act according to their rules.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea - or, if you like, the need - to write and record 'Lash Out' was born of a feeling within me.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is something I can control.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can do whatever I want, and I'm not going to let anyone tell me what language I should speak in.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel it's much easier to be honest or be myself in songs when I'm playing. That's why I felt, 'You know, I'm going to write the truth.'
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to do something with music, but to be honest, I never thought I'd be good enough.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was on the beach, and I was just thinking to myself that I have no one place where I actually feel like I'm at home. I came up with the idea of having no roots - never being grounded to a certain place but having your home with people who you love.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I don't feel the music, I can't perform it.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to take the seriousness out of everything a little bit, because it kind of fits my style.
- No Idea
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had no idea if 'No Roots' was going to work or not.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Home, for me, is with the people who I really love - whether that's in England with my family, Ireland with my relatives, or Germany and Canada with my friends.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love spending time in England, whether it's for writing, producing, or seeing my parents and siblings.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really see myself as a pop star. I guess I just really enjoy being able to play my music for people who actually want to listen to it.
- Paper
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I wrote 'Paper Planes' by M.I.A.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a few kids out there who like singing to my songs. They're, like, five, six, seven years old.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to write an upbeat song where I could feel good about the fact that I've moved around so much and not sad about all the goodbyes I've had to face.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started quite late. I only discovered that I could write a song when I was, like, 17... some musicians, they're starting out, writing songs when they're, like, 12, 13. I never thought I would go into songwriting when I was that young.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think nowadays it's important to have the support of a group of people who are ready to invest time and effort in your music and vision.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mom+Pop aren't just a label, but they were the group of people that seemed to really care about a long-term relationship. I can be honest with them, like I would with my family, but at the same time, I can expect for them always to be upfront and honest with me.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a really hard decision, picking my second single.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The actual thought of not really having a home was, for me, very depressing, and it was something that I was dealing with for quite some time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to write a sad song to remind me of the fact that I'm always moving around. I wanted something to cheer me up.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually didn't think there was that many people out there who knew what it's like to not really have a home or have that home in one place.
- Christmas
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- Nov 07, 2020
We always watch 'The Polar Express.' I love that movie; that's a very, very nice Christmas tradition that we have.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was thirteen years old, and we had just moved to Germany, I definitely felt I was missing out on normal teenage life. I was watching my old school friends from Canada grow up without me while I was in Germany trying to learn the language and trying to pass each year without failing.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of labels always feel the need to tell you how they think the music should be marketed and what songs work best where. I say make music you love doing, come up with a strategy, and put it out there.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to sing about things that moved me and experiences I had collected throughout life.
- Dependent
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like being dependent on other people.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Baking is more like chemistry, following certain instructions and knowing what comes out in the end. It's almost reassuring! Songwriting is a creative process where you go into a session with nothing and can come out of it with something incredible in the end. I never feel like I'm taking a risk with baking, but always with songwriting.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like eating yummy things.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, I always wanted to be either a pianist or a classical singer, and when I discovered songwriting, it was like a new portal had been opened.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I ever had a certain image of what touring was like... I think when you're young, you think it's very glamourous, but it's not.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm putting out music that I love, and they're basically just stories of my life and how I try and teach myself to think about things. They're kind of like notes to self, basically.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get mad about something, and then I have this melody in my head, and then afterwards, the lyrics come.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not going to release something just because they think it's the next hit. It's not what everyone wants to hear, but that's the way it is.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of the day, it's not the labels buying the music: it's the people out there, and you have to be behind the music and not anyone else. You're the one representing it, you're playing it for everyone; you're doing promotion and travelling around the world.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was realizing that I didn't have a home. I didn't really feel at home in one place.
- Nov 07, 2020
Every time someone asks me where I'm from, I'm not sure how to answer that question... so I say I have no roots.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I make music... and it helps me figure out life.
- Song
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- Nov 07, 2020