Ruel

I'm just around good people and they're my family. I won't be getting too big for my boots!

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I would like to write or make a completely ambient song.

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I mean every song comes from an experience to an extent.

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When I see other people doing amazing things... I just fall in love with that.

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I fell in love with singing and I love idolizing artists.

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I felt like I got what I wanted out of my childhood. The good really outweighs the bad.

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Free Time' was a step up from 'Ready,' and this 'Bright Lights, Red Eyes' EP is a step up again.

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I think I'll always write. Performing? I probably won't be touring for the rest of my life. I think that I might…

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A great road trip snack for me personally is beef jerky, Cheezels and a ginger beer. Keeps the blood flowing.

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I kind of disassociate myself from the things I do on tour. If I'm talking to fans, I try to take myself…

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When it came to biology and chemistry, I had no interest. Why do I need to know how it works? I'm just…

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I hope I never get immune to it - to wearing jackets that have taken people months to make. I do start…

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As a kid you're always going to be told you can't do things for certain reasons, and to an extent that's okay.

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When people say they don't read the comments, they're lying. Everyone reads the comments, whatever status you're at.

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My parents are definitely a huge part of my career, they always make sure that I've got good people around me and…

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I went to my first APRA awards when I was, like, 13. My first introduction to the music industry was going to…

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Playing shows in small venues where you can see everyone's faces is such a different experience, I love it.

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A lot of my songs do relate to me, and the lyrics come from a place within myself and things that I've…

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I'm so jealous of my friends who can write on tour - but there was once when I was jet-lagged and wrote…

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I think when you set goals, you get disappointed. Things that seem in reach can become unrealistic so quickly and that only…

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When you've been on the road and you just get off a flight and you're super tired but you have to do…

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I'm just gonna try my best to be happy.

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Wearing flares for the first time, I felt like a new man.

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I stop smoking weed when it's all gone

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The more expressions we have the better.

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I just try to spend as little time completely in dead silence as possible.

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Hey Soul Sister' hits so hard, it was my jam as a seven year old.

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When COVID came along I honed in on my skills.

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I'm such a sucker for depressing, dark and visual lyrics.

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I did a tour around Europe, and European and Australian crowds are extremely different. I love playing for both for different reasons…

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I like to take the very small and try making it into something that could be relatable to large amounts of people.

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My confidence has been growing, and I've been really letting my ideas come out.

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I never want to write the same song twice as it's super important to me, I never want to make a safe…

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I have grown a lot since 'Ready.' I guess my ability to write has gotten better.

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I've written songs since I was like eight or nine, and that was purely out of boredom because I just loved music.

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I'm always like: 'Ahh I wish I could change this bit or that bit,' always wanting to make small corrections and adjustments.

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I never think about the future, which is weird. I don't think about the past, either.

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Playing for three or four people in a boardroom, standing a foot away from them with a guitar, and singing three songs…

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My main dream collaboration, which I'm sure is impossible, is Frank Ocean, he's like my favourite artist of all time. Him, Tyler,…

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I didn't show my face until I did 'Like a Version;' we really wanted to keep it about the music first and…

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