A lot of people start by learning other people's songs, but the idea of singing someone else's music didn't excite me. I just wanted to write my own. It was really bad to begin with. It's improved slightly since. — Shura Copy Share Image
It's really weird when you realize the people you look up to - who have influenced or inspired you - start to realize what you do. — 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
