20 Quotes by Lapsley

I prefer to listen to a lot of male singers rather than females. Sometimes I find it a bit too shrill. I even find my own voice a bit too high.

I'd rather go on stage and talk or do public speaking than sing. Singing is very scary. It's very exposing.

Sometimes before I go on stage, I think about how people can be so judgmental and forget they're the ones who bought your album; they're the ones that are singing along.

I think I might have played a song on piano or guitar in a school talent show. I went to an all girls school, so there were always little things going on, but it wasn't really until I was 17 that I did a proper performance. My first big one was Glastonbury, before I was signed.

My whole career will be about sad things. Happy songs about nightclubs and shots? That's not me.

Sometimes I worry I've said too much. But it's easier to write about things that are fresh in your mind.

Collaborating on lyrics has never worked for me.

I'm more than just the face at the front of a band.

The reason I can play loads of instruments is because I kept giving up and trying another one.