Freya Ridings

I really want to do a cover of Joan Armatrading.

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Songwriting really anchored me.

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When I first started, I'd play to a few people. My mum would invite everyone she knew and the venue was filled.

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I'm obsessed with Beyonce. She's just effervescent, I love her.

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I followed my gut and my subconscious told me the kind of music I wanted to create. But it wasn't easy.

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All of my music teachers gave up on me one by one because I couldn't read music.

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I wasn't cool at all when I was younger; no one wanted anything from me.

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I was brought up in a bohemian household where my dad plays guitar and my mom plays piano just because they love…

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All my songs are based on personal experience, and 'Lost Without You' came out fully born.

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I was in a choir at school and we were part of the BBC Proms back in around 2002.

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That's the best thing about being with an indie label, it feels like a family. If it's a major label, they put…

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I was quite a different child, I felt isolated. In time, that level of being with yourself crystallises who you are, and…

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There was an open mic night when I was about 11 years old and I went and I played the songs that…

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Growing up, I promised myself that if I was every lucky enough to have a hit and also a hit that I…

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I never went out to make the music that people would like. I mean, I tried, because every teenager tries to do…

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I love the acoustic sets. Growing up, me and my dad would always watch those because we loved seeing the songs stripped…

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The thing with 'Lost Without You' is that for a long time I didn't feel like I could share it with people.…

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So when you're sat there and you're looking at a platinum disc on your wall, for a song you wrote on your…

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Going to school, sort of not realising that caring about things was going to make me stand out and make me weird,…

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I remember in 2016 when I got signed to my record label Good Soldier, which is a very small indie label. They…

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I heard that your subconscious is on the right side. I always shut my right eye when I play, or both eyes.…

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I'm obsessed with American talk shows.

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I do get star-struck, especially if they're icons like Florence Welch. I met her briefly at a studio and I did not…

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I find an apple before singing really, really helps... It's like there's something in the pectin in the apple that helps get…

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Me and my mom were just watching the charts like, 'Why isn't it stopping?' And now I've got a platinum disc in…

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Inspiring girls to write their stories and play their own instruments is something I'm passionate about, as it's not championed.

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I've been writing since I was 11. But I don't write with a pen, I just sing at the piano with one…

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At the age of 11 I did my first open mic show, and it was one of those lightning-bolt moments where I…

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At school I was really heavily dyslexic, so I really struggled academically with reading and writing.

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Selfies are one of those things I generally take but never post. It's more to remember the moment or what I'm doing.

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Every time I do something new, it makes me a bit stronger. Playing huge shows, being invited to play with Nile Rodgers…

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There's no expectations at all. Every single person that turns up to a show, you really appreciate them. Every single radio interview…

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Being signed to a major label was never an option because I knew having the time to find out who you are…

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I'm on a group chat with my dad which he named 'Dearest Daughter'. It's so sweet because I don't think he really…

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Sometimes, when we're on tour, I'll find an empty room or a corner and I'll just sing. It heals something in me,…

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I remember, a couple of years ago I was playing my first headline show, and it was to 100 people in St…

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I realised, however, that you can't sing when you're playing the violin - or at least I can't - and as that…

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When I first started writing songs, I was almost quite embarrassed that I couldn't read music and I still to this day…

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You know the way you tell your life story to a friend? I just told mine to a piano.

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I think, definitely, I was hugely influenced by - obviously like Adele and Florence the Machine. They were my complete idols growing…

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