Quotes from Sigrid

Adele's one of my favourite artists!

I love that there's always something happening at festivals. It takes some of the pressure away, too, because you're one person on the bill.

I find it easier to write about stuff that is frustrating.

When I wake up in the morning, the one thing I think about is being comfortable and wearing enough clothes.

I liked theatre because I could hide behind a role I was playing, but now, I just love being on stage. I don't pretend that I'm anyone else, I just show my full range when I am up there, and it's very liberating.

Feminism has always been a theme that I'm very interested in.

I was definitely quirky. Me and my sister played a lot together. She's my best friend - and we would put on fashion shows.

I think festivals have a responsibility to show different genres of music to people.

Playing piano and singing whatever comes naturally is the best thing for me - the only thing that feels genuine.

I'm so glad I didn't go into the big-music industry until I was 19 or 20.

Writing songs about having a nice time - 'Oh I'm so happy on tour with my band' - I'd find it really difficult to write a good song about it.

I wasn't a huge fan of superhero movies before I watched 'Wonder Woman.' That was a really cool film - I really like all the stunts.

I'm obsessed with wool.

Teamwork is the best kind of work, really.

Just because I'm a girl and it's pop doesn't mean I have to write about love and heartbreak.

To win BBC's Sound of 2018 was a huge honour. A lot of my favourite artists have won it before.

I just really enjoy humming.

Most of the songs I write are full of power, and I'm suspecting it may come from my love for grotesque Renaissance art and the Eurovision Song Contest.

Teachers have been some of the most important people in my career.

I'm very close to my family; they're the most important people to me.

I'm from a small town called Alesund in Norway.

That's the thing: pop music has sometimes had a bad reputation for being about a lot of other stuff than the music. And I am just a lover of pop music. I love pop. I love big choruses. Dramatic choruses - they're the best thing in the world. And I do this because I love making music and performing the songs.

I've always been the shy one.

I was a very shy kid. Very shy. But I started doing theatre when I was six years old, and that really changed something. My more playful side came out of me.