I don't want a middle-aged white man telling me how to write my feelings. It's not gonna work for me. — Jade Bird Feelings Copy Share Image
Every time people try and define me, it gets battered around. I like to keep people guessing. — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
The first song I ever wrote that I liked was called 'When You're Alone.' — Jade Bird Alone Copy Share Image
Connecting with fans online can be the make or break or some artists, and I think that's a bit dangerous. — Jade Bird Art Copy Share Image
I've had to tell people that I'm not co-writing. I don't want to do it and that's that. — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I write great songs and the mistakes make them even better. No one else could write a Morrissey song. — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I've always been into music. My mom and dad used to always play music in the house. — Jade Bird Dad Copy Share Image
I'm always up for new places and new locations... I think it's the funnest part about the job. — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I never really put nature into my record, but I think environment is important, and I think environment has an effect on… — Jade Bird Environment Copy Share Image
Cheating tends to come up a lot in my songs. Betrayal fascinates me. I think the fact that you can trust someone… — Jade Bird Betrayal Copy Share Image
My mum brought me up by herself, pretty much. She had me at the age of 20, and my grandmother was a… — Jade Bird Age Copy Share Image
I never expected I was going to travel the world playing gigs with my band and best friends. I have surpassed any… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I think I'm eclectic and I'm never afraid to not know an artist or a band or an album because I want… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
A good song always has to do with the person representing it - how they're feeling in that moment - but I… — Jade Bird Gender Copy Share Image
Audiences in the U.S. can sometimes be a lot less refined. If they like something, they tend to express it more loudly. — Jade Bird Audiences Copy Share Image
My grandma divorced my granddad and became a finance manager to get her own house, and my mum worked very hard to… — Jade Bird Finance Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, I've got a lot of facets, so to speak. When you come to a live show, you get a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
If you write your own lyrics now, and those are the main focus in the EP... people tend to approach it as… — Jade Bird Americana Copy Share Image
I always say the diversity, and culture is the one thing I love the most about the U.S. How you can travel… — Jade Bird Culture Copy Share Image
I just always really loved music that was coincidentally from the States. — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I always respected country music for its narrative and how it's so solid, you can get the picture in your mind. — Jade Bird Country Copy Share Image
I've often been told that if music doesn't work out I could be a comedian. — Jade Bird Comedian Copy Share Image
My grandparents divorced, both of them, and then my mum and dad did. So it's like, divorce, divorce, divorce. — Jade Bird Dad Copy Share Image
I don't see any reason why young women shouldn't relate to me and have that connection with my music. — Jade Bird Connection Copy Share Image
There's quite a stigma attached to country music in the UK - but I kind of enjoy that. — Jade Bird Country Copy Share Image
I see magic in conversation and words, and music is purely speaking to others, isn't it? — Jade Bird Communication Copy Share Image
My focus on everything is songwriting, so I write all of my stuff by myself. — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I'd been gigging since I was 14, doing little competitions and pubs and clubs and old people's homes. — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
People like to associate you with hard times and I pride myself on coming through them more than experiencing them. — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I like my jumpsuits. They're easy to get about in, I can move a bit onstage, there's nothing to tuck in, and… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
But when I was 12 or 13, I found the acoustic guitar and got into guitar music ultimately, like Black Motorcycle Club,… — Jade Bird Acoustic guitar Copy Share Image
I listen to a lot of artists like Tori Amos, Cherry Glazerr, and Patti Smith, and I kind of wanted to follow… — Jade Bird Art Copy Share Image
