I think everyone grew up thinking that by their mid-20s they'd have everything sorted out, but I know I don't.

In Denmark we're so privileged. You get money to study, you get money if you're sick and you get money if your hand hurts. It's hard to be critical of people who are sick getting money, but in Denmark everyone gets money thrown at them and it makes them lazy.

Everything changed after 'Lean On.'

I'm such a pleaser - I want everyone around me to be happy - so it took a while for me to get to a point where I could say 'no, I need to be happy with everything that I put out.' I want it to be right.

So many people have opinions and try to guide you, and everyone has the best intentions, but it makes it harder to cut through the noise and be like 'wow, this is what I really want to do.'

It's such a horrible feeling to not be honest to who you are.

I want to be myself otherwise what's the point.

The hardest thing about being a woman is different for everyone. For me, it's the mirage of 'having it all' somewhere off in the distance. I think in many ways you do have to choose.

Owning flatware makes me feel like a grown-up. That and knowing that flatware is called flatware.

The older I get the more I become aware that I'm a woman.