Musician

In the '90s, there was always this continuous pitting of women against each other in the media, trying to make them battle it out.

I always see my songs in colors, and I'm often more inspired by movies and photographs than I am by other songs when I write my music. I'm also inspired by fashion, and I want my music to be a visual painting of what's in my mind.

I do appreciate the '80s as an era, the general sounds and aesthetics of the era. The Cure, that whole kind of image is really kind of amazing, I think. The power ballads and how everything sparkles and words are really dramatic. Huge drums, things like that. I do really find it inspiring.

I was 15 when I started making music properly.

I started writing my own things when I was about 8.

I think the best artists are the ones who constantly change - Madonna, Bowie.

My hair is naturally super curly. But I really don't do so much to it. I just sleep on it and see what happens.

From the moment I stepped into this industry, I've always had to fight for my ideas and for my voice to be heard.

Obviously, my label would want me to be on the radio all the time, but that's not my personal goal.

I never dress for the occasion correctly because I hate fashion rules. They're so boring.

If there's intelligence behind an opinion, then I'm all for expressing it, but I would never just start a fight with someone for the sake of it - that's just not me.

I love In-N-Out!

I know some people are like, 'I'm depressed, and I'm a struggling artist,' and that really works for some people, but that doesn't work for me. I have to be really happy, even when I'm writing my depressing songs; I have to come through that stage before I can write.

I do this weird thing in studios where I climb stuff when I get nervous.

'90s fashion is awesome. Best of both worlds - you had power pop, like the Spice Girls and Shampoo. But then you had Nirvana and Hole. And you also had '90s dance music like N-Trance, who kind of blended both.

I love Tinashe.

I'm just not very good at being happy all the time.

If I can sing along to it, it's pop music.

I feel like I can be six different people in one day sometimes. Which is fun but also really strange in my own brain.

I spent a lot of my teenage years experimenting with who I was as a person and not really getting it right. And then, I think, I realized that I just had to chill out in life.