Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic.
The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
In the music industry, intelligence in women is undervalued.
There's something in me that loves to inspire people: when I'm playing music, I imagine all this sparkly stardust going through everyone. I want to make people come alive.
I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but we're so held back. So perhaps that's why I feel a duty to make my work. I feel liberated when I'm doing it, and I want other people to feel liberated through it.
I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.
