Musician

I'm a feminist, so it's just a really nice creative energy to work with a lot of women.

I've learned that I'm a lot stronger than I thought I was.

It's not like I see colours. It's just, for me, an incredibly strong association between music and colour.

I remember going to church at home on Christmas in 2016, and people wanted to take my photo. When I'm home in Maryland, I don't leave the house. That's a weird feeling.

The music industry is so cool because it's constantly changing.

I think one of the most important things for creativity is boredom.

I really wanted to make a record that would feel fun to play live.

Ask about music growing up, I'll tell you I grew up playing classical music, and I didn't grow up in a musical household.

I love being outside.

The thing about fans is you don't get to choose your own. But every time I meet a fan, I'm like, wow, we would totally be at the same house party.

Music is about connecting with people on a personal level and doing that one set of ears at a time.

For me, it's important to ask what are you making, and what's the public's relationship to that. And I say public relationship because I don't really care so much about any sort of reception.

'Alaska' was filmed at my family's farm in Maryland; 'Dog Years' was filmed at the summer camp I grew up going to in Maine.

Music is the most amount of joy or good I can do in the world.

Ask me my influences, I always talk about Bjork and Beck because they're independent voices in the music industry.

Bjork - she wears really weird stuff, and it's amazing.

Lyrically, I've always thought about albums as a record of a period of time.

I feel really held in being vulnerable. That's always been the kind of music that I've gravitated to as well, but to feel really supported by my audience in that is a real privilege.

The reality of the music industry is that I was a 22-year-old college graduate who was able to walk into boardrooms and be the one in charge. It's incredibly empowering. I wasn't ready - I definitely was not ready - but I was prepared as I possibly could have been because I had studied the music industry.