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‟ A lot of people start by learning other people's songs, but the idea of singing someone else's music didn't excite me. I just wanted to write my own. It was really bad to begin with. It's improved slightly since.
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‟ If you told teenage me that I would end up supporting Tegan and Sara for a month in North America, my head would have probably exploded.
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‟ On one level, I am a massive joker and can't take anything seriously, but on the other hand, I'm incredibly serious and a deep thinker, so I have that dichotomy within me.
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‟ I've tried writing darker, more serious songs, but they don't go anywhere. Everything revolves around the chorus for me.
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‟ I started playing when I was about 13, mainly because Dad had guitars lying around the house. My dad taught me my first three chords, and I taught myself from there.
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‟ Is the mainstream becoming more queer? Or is it the opposite? That artists like me are mainstreaming queer music?
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‟ I felt that pop music didn't represent me. And that's why I made my own.
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‟ I found my own voice slowly. I don't do big tricks like Mariah Carey, so I've found this weird way of singing that works for me.
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‟ Someone will say, 'Shura's album is about being a gay woman in London.' Umm, I feel like my album's just about me. I am a gay woman, and I live in London... It's not about being a gay woman in London.
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‟ My dad used to do a lot of music when he was young, so he had an 8-track MiniDisc recorder, and when he realized that I was getting on with it, he brought it upstairs to my room and showed me how to record and how, once you finished eight tracks, you can cut it down to two and have another six tracks to play with.
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‟ I got this advice that if you know a panic attack is happening, just sit back and go, 'Okay, this is happening to me, but it'll be over. You'll be fine. You'll live.'
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