Quotes from Maggie Rogers

I grew up in a really rural area in Maryland.

I've always been a very visual creator. I make mood boards or sit with coloured pencils and scribble and try and figure out what I'm trying to work through musically.

Ask me my influences, I always talk about Bjork and Beck because they're independent voices in the music industry.

I didn't actually start playing the banjo until I was in high school.

It's funny because, based on the music I was making before, if you'd asked me who was the one gatekeeper or influencer whom I'd want to hear my music, I don't think Pharrell would be the first person I'd pick.

It's interesting because all I want to do is make music. I want to sit in my room, play the guitar, make beats, sing... And I have never made less music than when being a musician became my job.

That's why people come to live music, right? To see something go wrong, something human, something vulnerable.

The only thing I wanted to do in my music is be human and communicate all the aspects of that, which often means being vulnerable.

I feel really held in being vulnerable. That's always been the kind of music that I've gravitated to as well, but to feel really supported by my audience in that is a real privilege.

Part of success is having a good story, and as a journalist, I totally understand. But it meant that my many, many years of focus and hard work got kind of prepackaged into a Cinderella story. I'm super grateful that it happened, but it left me feeling like I never got to be a full human in the experience.

'Alaska' was filmed at my family's farm in Maryland; 'Dog Years' was filmed at the summer camp I grew up going to in Maine.

I remember going to church at home on Christmas in 2016, and people wanted to take my photo. When I'm home in Maryland, I don't leave the house. That's a weird feeling.

I do play a lot of instruments. I started with the harp when I was young and then sort of moved to guitar and piano.

It's not like I see colours. It's just, for me, an incredibly strong association between music and colour.

Music is about connecting with people on a personal level and doing that one set of ears at a time.

Bjork - she wears really weird stuff, and it's amazing.

My goal really was to make pop music feel as human as possible.

I love pop music. It's just fun, and it feels good, and it's easy.

This job forces you to ask yourself so many questions: Do you want money? Do you want power? Do you just want to be good at your craft? I don't know what I'm doing. I just want to be happy. But I know I have to keep making music.

The craziest thing is I didn't know I could sing like this - ever. My voice has changed, or I've grown into it, woken up.

I got the craziest crash course in rock n' roll that I could have ever dreamed of.

If you're not changing, you're not growing; you're not being present. Change is essential.

I didn't decide on what college I was going to go to until the day I had to.

I'm a private person. I am quiet.