Quotes from Aurora

At first, I wasn't really keen on the idea of me being on stage having to sing in front of people.

Young people can create beautiful things.

My age is very insignificant to me. I don't think about it, but the world does. The world likes young people in general.

If you try to protect yourself from pain, it becomes a stone in your heart. But the more you learn to face things, the more likely that stone can become a pearl.

I usually write lyrics first, and then when I get home or close to any kind of instrument, I usually make a melody for those lyrics.

Lots of songs aren't even from my experiences, but they're about accepting... the dark things about yourself.

I just wanted to be a songwriter. I did really not like the sound of my own voice.

It's very fun to be the hunter of the sounds. The hunter of the right energy. And it's not really about if every sound is correct; it's more the energy - if it hits you in some way, it doesn't really matter to me if it's not perfect. I'm still very excited while hunting for songs.

I don't know, I feel desperate when I sing. And I look desperate - it feels like I'm singing for my life, which makes me twitch, if that makes sense.

I've been a lot more into Facebook and Twitter and Instagram, which was a bit complicated for me to understand the language of each social media, because they all talk in different ways. It's a nice way for me to tell people I appreciate them, which I forget to do sometimes.

Everybody's got that split between the beautiful and fragile, the hard and the dark.

I'm constantly trying to find new ways to get my hair out of my face.

I can't read the newspaper without crying. I'm easily affected by horrible events, you see.

I have this feeling that the world is not in balance. And people are afraid, but we're also starting to be really brave.

It's very unnatural to be someone for so many people. But of course it's very nice.

Metal, I love metal sounds. If I have a stick with me, I just drag it across a fence. And all fences make different sounds, just like people when they laugh.

It's a very strange thing being recognized or looked upon as someone special.