I think one of the coolest things that you can do with music is when it sounds a certain way and can be kind of misleading in terms of the lyrical content, like what David Bowie did with 'Oh You Pretty Things' or The Beatles on 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer.' That the song kind of has this double meaning of conflicting emotions.
I've never had anything in my life that I could create that felt more valuable than music. It is just art, but art is important!
People think that if you are young, you don't know what is best for you. That's a myth.
I just write songs because l enjoy it, l never thought to be an activist. If that's what l am then that's cool, but l just wrote songs because l enjoyed writing songs it's a good way to express your thoughts, really.
The Key To Life On Earth' reflects on mundanity and hostility. I suppose it's set in suburbia much like my hometown. The video sees two people, who are very similar, in conflict with each other, and I think that's the simplest analogy for the song's purpose.
Not only do we still engage in wars far away from our homes, which settle nothing and fuel extremism in the aftermath, we sell weapons to other countries full well knowing where they end up.
Violence breeds violence and I just don't think the world is too complex to set a peaceful precedent, but it seems the business of war is what keeps happening. To say it's a shame feels like a huge understatement.
I wrote 'Paracetamol' between the ages of 15 and 16. With many of my songs, I have this strange habit of spending months fumbling over song structure ideas before suddenly writing all the lyrics in one day, and that's what happened here.
It's kind of what makes touring interesting I'm ending up in places that I wouldn't go on holiday to, places I wouldn't go for any other reason other than touring.
You don't need to be getting everything in life right. I think the most important thing is growing up, enjoying yourself and understanding yourself a little bit more.
I've had opportunities to do a couple of really cool things online, but it's not a festival. A really good online performance, people are honing that as a thing, but no way is it the same.
Having creative control has always been important to me in different ways.
I find that with each new record I'm learning more and dipping my toes into new things.
I was very independent through my teenage years, probably too independent I just got on with making music and getting it out on the Internet in any way I knew how. One thing led to another. Getting a career in music so young was always the dream, but it was also an accident.
With my first album, I was just simply trying to highlight problems within society and put it into pop songs.
I'd like to be able to make something as good as 'Hunky Dory' or 'Young Americans.'
I would love to write with St. Vincent or Tame Impala or EMO, Sufjan Stevens.
I wouldn't have voted in favour of Brexit if I was able to vote.
I have a tiny bit of pride in myself for the fact that I do stick up for things I believe in, but social media is so good at making you feel like you're not doing enough.
St Vincent did a self-titled album four records in, so I could do that. I'll call mine St Vincent and I'll talk about St Vincent more in interviews.
I love hearing about young people doing well and I'm really behind, you know, a wave of young people inspiring the world to change things for good.
Many times you may feel alone in the world, but the right record pulls you back to realizing that many people have gone through the same thing.
With 'My House' I was diving into this daydream of running away and becoming reconnected.
You can live your own life and do what you want to do. You shouldn't feel pressure to do anything because you think someone else wants you to, you should go by what you want.
I've always looked to the wider world for what I can analyse or give some substantial comment on from my own perspective.
I'm a big fan of Greta Thunberg and I'm really into Stella Donnelly's music. I think it's really incredible, important music and very relevant; same with Greta Thunberg's work.
I have to really convince myself to buy something online.
When making a music video, it becomes quite difficult to find a director who can puts all your words into pictures and convey the same message.
I feel like young people aren't afraid to make their voices heard and try and make changes in the world, especially through art and music.
We are already seeing the impact of pollution, the impact of all of this stuff for many years now - why wait? Why wait to do something massive?
Algorithms work when someone is doing a daily vlog or something, not when it's someone's life's work.
I just remember being in love with 'Busted' and pop punk and all the pop that my sisters were listening to and that sort of stuff.
I don't know why I need music, I just do, and that's what I love.
I've always been really into blues guitar. I feel like that comes out a little bit in my guitar parts: country, blues sort of stuff, even if my music isn't technically that genre. I started out loving blues, wanting to be like a blues guitarist. I listened to B.B. King and Steven Walker. Steven Walker's one of my favorites.
It's important to remind kids who obviously love writing and creating, that's it's going to be the most important part of what they do. And before you even think of stepping into the business side of the industry, just discover yourself as an artist, spend time on it. There's no rush.
I've been very fortunate to have my music spread widely via the Internet.
I could have gone down a more academic route if I wanted to but I just didn't. It's not for everyone and it's not always the right thing to do for you.
Life is constantly political, it's constantly reminding you that it's political.
That's been a pretty interesting thing, visiting schools and performing and doing songwriting talks and stuff.
I rarely finish songs on the road but a lot of them get started there.
Releasing a record makes you realise what you want to do with music. It's not something you can understand before you do it.
There's not enough focus put on learning about yourself and how that can teach you more than certain subjects can.
Everything you observe in day-to-day life comes back to politics.
It's never going to be easy to release a second album.
British Bombs' is a tune I wrote about the hypocrisy of the British arms trade.
I'm used to feeling isolated from people I want to see, it's been a big part of my life since I was a teenager touring and so on.
I don't know why I end up writing about such heavy topics.
I like to think our brains are a bit like algorithms. Whatever you give it and feed it, you get out the product.
My generation has a lot of very anxious young people.