Griff

I'm such a Swiftie.

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I just love creating things.

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I want people to feel and relate to my songs in their own ways.

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I was being offered publishing deals, but also record deals.

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School was school. I was determined to finish and get good grades.

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No one gives you a manual as to how to be an artist.

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I never formally studied music at all.

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I do think I'm very in the detail of everything, maybe to my own detriment.

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If I could say 'Hi' to Taylor Swift, I'll be happy. I'll retire.

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Chanel has always really truly empowered women.

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Music and creative stuff are such weird things that you kind of just have to be at the mercy of wherever where…

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I love pre-loved shopping and gifting because it makes luxury purchases more accessible.

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NME have been there from day one supporting what I do and what I have to say and that's always meant so…

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The best thing about festivals is you can watch music live and really feel something, so I really hope that people feel…

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We had musical instruments at home, so when I wasn't in school, I would sing and write all the time.

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I think I developed a style of writing that was more, I guess, open for people to be able to interpret.

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A song like 'Shade of Yellow,' it was like, me turning on my Imogen Heap brain. I was listening to a lot…

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I don't think I constantly thought about looking cool - I think it was more like I just enjoyed creating things.

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Growing up in a very middle-class, tiny, white village, where there's not much to do - and also when you grow up…

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I don't think I realised I was even producing my own music when I started, there's a whole generation of artists who…

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There's lots of scenarios where you can experience heartbreak. It doesn't have to be romantic. Like if a friend moves away, or…

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I love performing, so I think there was an element of me that probably, deep down, loved parts of what the artist's…

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My worst nightmare now would be to release music and put out visuals and be styled in a way that feels like…

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I'd love to write with Taylor Swift, but I don't know if I'd want the world to hear it. It would be…

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In my head, I want to be that romantic songwriter that writes everything in a journal, but I just don't find it…

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It's a natural cycle of life, I think, whether it's heartbreak or just growing up. There are really low moments at the…

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With a lot of songwriters, our habitat is the studio - being quite introverted, but finding ways to say things that you…

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I think the bubble braid became a really useful thing, just firstly, for people to be able to recognize me, and also…

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Gifting is like a test of how well you know a person.

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I don't have trouble being brutally honest with my lyrics.

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I grew up in a very white middle-class area, and obviously I'm not that.

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I've got quite coarse hair for someone who is mixed race.

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Anytime there's a camera on my face I don't feel very comfortable.

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When someone leaves your life, you feel like there's a black hole there.

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I grew up on a lot of gospel, soul and Christian music.

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If you're a girl and you're musical, you're automatically the product.

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I want to be the sort of artist that uplifts people.

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My style is not too serious but playful.

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I love writing super sad songs, and I love writing big pop songs.

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I started playing piano from a very young age, and I just loved it.

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