It's really weird when you realize the people you look up to - who have influenced or inspired you - start to… — Shura Copy Share Image
One of the amazing things about pop is that it's there to make people feel confident and empowered. — Shura Copy Share Image
I suffer from imposter syndrome all the time. Even if I'm just at a party, I'm thinking people are going to find… — Shura Copy Share Image
I think it's much harder now with the Internet to hone anything. It's easy to share things: you do one track, and… — Shura Copy Share Image
People like Prince or Madonna, they're kind of superhuman. You can't imagine them burning their toast, and there's something really exciting about… — Shura Copy Share Image
From collaborating with other people, you make concessions, and those concessions are great because sometimes you are definitely wrong. — Shura Copy Share Image
I'd love to sing with so many people, but my biggest dream would be to sing on a record with The National. — Shura Copy Share Image
There are two ways of dealing with being odd. One is to really try and conform, and the other is to do… — Shura Copy Share Image
I would feel really dishonest writing a song that was really sassy, or really confident, because I'm not a supremely confident being.… — Shura Copy Share Image
People think I'm cool - it's a virtue of my job! In real life I'm absolutely not cool, but I think if… — Shura Copy Share Image
Obviously I think it's really important to look back at your history, and that's why I think things like Pride are important.… — Shura Copy Share Image
To a lot of people, my job is really fancy, so they're like, "Oh, whoah, you're a musician, wow!" Some people go… — Shura Copy Share Image
I don't care about how many records I sell, but the main thing is people like it. — Shura Copy Share Image
People think I'm cool - it's a virtue of my job! In real life I'm absolutely not cool, but I think if you have… — Shura Copy Share Image
I'm massively inspired by Janet Jackson, and I adore Whitney Houston and Madonna. — Shura Copy Share Image
I worked in a post-production facility for television, but in the machine room, so I was one of the nerds, essentially - making sure… — Shura Copy Share Image
Is the mainstream becoming more queer? Or is it the opposite? That artists like me are mainstreaming queer music? — Shura Copy Share Image
I love camping, everything about it - tents, the camping stove, sleeping bags. I'm obsessed with technology, be it synthesizers and speakers or tents… — Shura Copy Share Image
I'd written songs since I was 16, but I never thought that I would be a musician full time. — Shura Copy Share Image
There's something about rhythm and bass sections generally, how the bass and drums interact, that's basically the soul of any song. — Shura Copy Share Image
'Nothing's Real' is about my first-ever panic attack, which I had about four months after getting my record deal. — Shura Copy Share Image
A recording of a moment in time, where I was physically there, and it's now in a song for all eternity, in a way.… — Shura Copy Share Image
I would feel really dishonest writing a song that was really sassy, or really confident, because I'm not a supremely confident being. I think… — Shura Copy Share Image
Pop music often deals with subject matter like breakups, or you have songs that are like, "I will love you forever," or "you're so… — Shura Copy Share Image
