I’m supposed to be taking time off. But I’m still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up.

The recession is everywhere. We need to be heard. Wouldn’t it be great if there could be more referendums so we could have regular voting on specific points?

It’s sad that people listen to music and decide how the singer should look.

I don’t like listening to music that isn’t real.

If you capture the first thought that you have when you’re creating, and then play that to people, it’s kind of like the listeners are part of that beginning. And that’s the most exciting part.

I’m 19, I’m a girl, I’m very young, I like all sorts of different things, I like all sorts of different styles of music, I like all sorts of different styles of clothes, I like all sorts of different colors of hair.

People grow. It’s okay to grow. Some people find that difficult to grasp.

If you give yourself too much time, you kind of over-obsess about the music. It’s not supposed to be like that.

I like many different things you know so I’m probably going to experiment, and if I didn’t I’d be a little bit strange and boring and stiff and kind of dead, and I’m very not that.

When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That’s it. That’s the only reason I need, really.