Whilst the Internet is amazing, someone with a laptop can make something amazing and send it out, but you grow up creatively… — Shura Amazing Copy Share Image
If you told teenage me that I would end up supporting Tegan and Sara for a month in North America, my head… — Shura America Copy Share Image
I suffer from imposter syndrome all the time. Even if I'm just at a party, I'm thinking people are going to find… — Shura Boring Copy Share Image
It's probably the first type of music we had, rhythm, whether it's poetry or tapping. — Shura First Copy Share Image
I made the decision that I could either go outside in the freezing cold in the wind and rain and get muddy… — Shura Cold Copy Share Image
I'd love to sing with so many people, but my biggest dream would be to sing on a record with The National. — Shura Dream Copy Share Image
With 'White Light,' I had just finished watching 'Under the Skin' and was really obsessed with the idea of science fiction presented… — Shura Light Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with 'The Lion King' as a kid, and I really wanted to go work in an animal sanctuary and… — Shura Animal Copy Share Image
The hardest thing is having to do selfies even when you're on your period and you're queuing at Superdrug to get ibuprofen.… — Shura Feel Copy Share Image
A lot of people think I popped out of some pink cloud fully formed, ready for action, but I've been putting songs… — Shura Action Copy Share Image
Perhaps a young boy or girl, after watching my video, can go, 'Maybe I don't have to be embarrassed. Maybe I can… — Shura Best 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… — Shura Eternity Copy Share Image
I didn't really want anyone to know that I wanted to write music or make songs because, in a way, I didn't… — Shura Career Copy Share Image
I think it's much harder now with the Internet to hone anything. It's easy to share things: you do one track, and… — Shura Easy Copy Share Image
People like Prince or Madonna, they're kind of superhuman. You can't imagine them burning their toast, and there's something really exciting about… — Shura Kind Copy Share Image
To go from someone who would put something on SoundCloud and maybe get 15,000 plays in a year to getting 100,000 plays… — Shura Day Copy Share Image
I'm massively inspired by Janet Jackson, and I adore Whitney Houston and Madonna. — Shura Adore Copy Share Image
If I fancy someone but can't tell them because I'm shy, I'll think, 'It's fine. You're not going to die. Maybe just… — Shura Die 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 Attack Copy Share Image
It was never like I had to go, 'I am gay.' Slowly, almost by osmosis, by the way I was behaving, it… — Shura Gay Copy Share Image
It's different obviously with a song when you're talking about narrative, you're talking about the verse leading into the chorus or whatever… — Shura Chorus Copy Share Image
The first time I shared music was on Myspace. Then SoundCloud came along. The difference with SoundCloud is that people can comment… — Shura First time Copy Share Image
I'm really freaked out by time. How, for instance, what I did last week is not real in the sense that it's… — Shura Brain Copy Share Image
I started playing when I was about 13, mainly because Dad had guitars lying around the house. My dad taught me my… — Shura Chords Copy Share Image
The fact that I can ever be open about my being gay is amazing! It's great that I don't have to hide… — Shura Amazing Copy Share Image
Some of the best songs are love songs. They're things that we all go through, and when we're going through it, we… — Shura Alone 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.… — Shura Different Copy Share Image
The best thing you can do is having to say no to putting out something that's good, because everything else is better. — Shura Best Copy Share Image
I'm 23, and if I wanted to release a record when I was 17, I could have released a record, but I'm… — Shura Could Copy Share Image
Being part of a crowd and not standing out is way more frightening than being the person that stands out. — Shura Being Copy Share Image
I'm massively inspired by 'True Blue'-era Madonna, but she is absolutely confident and in control of the situation. — Shura Confident Copy Share Image
When I wasn't working, I was learning how to use production software on YouTube and making music. — Shura How Copy Share Image
I don't care about how many records I sell, but the main thing is people like it. — Shura Care Copy Share Image
I couldn't be a Taylor Swift. I would really suck at being Taylor Swift. — Shura Being Copy Share Image
I got this advice that if you know a panic attack is happening, just sit back and go, 'Okay, this is happening… — Shura Advice Copy Share Image
I've had relationships before where you break up, and you think you're going to die, and then you realise you're definitely not… — Shura Better Copy Share Image
I found my own voice slowly. I don't do big tricks like Mariah Carey, so I've found this weird way of singing… — Shura Big Copy Share Image
On one level, I am a massive joker and can't take anything seriously, but on the other hand, I'm incredibly serious and… — Shura Anything Copy Share Image
It's really weird when you realize the people you look up to - who have influenced or inspired you - start to… — Shura Inspiration Copy Share Image
