Quotes from Bree Runway

Certain people don't want you to see your light when you're a bit shaky in it yourself.

Black women in music are always expected to sing R&B or soul: we are always boxed in.

I'm just inspired by how fast-paced my life is. Being around people that I love who are cool and inspiring, that kind of feeds me, but being in lockdown and in the same four walls, you kind of have to bring yourself your own vibes.

I just feel like you've got to leave the viewer wanting more, and that's what those kinds of videos from the early 2000s made me want.

In school I was interested in music, but I never saw myself being a musician at that point. Music technology was the only subject I cared about: it taught me the basics of music production and I started making beats and freestyling with my friends.

I think it's so fun that my art isn't centered in one sound or rooted in one lane or whatever. It's just the Bree lane.

I'm so grateful to be Ghanaian, with this deep, deep skin that is just glowy. Light bounces off my cheekbones and my shoulders, no matter the season.

I think I'm naturally very much a comedian.

I just have such a passion for artistic luxury items. I literally sometimes scream when it comes through the post for me.

I definitely want to put together an amazing debut album with some really dreamy collaborations.

When I wanted a job at Christian Louboutin, I literally printed the entrance of the store I wanted to work at on my wall and looked at it in the morning before I got up and went to work at Children's Shoes.

I'm from Ghana and I grew up in Hackney around a lot of aunties which exposed me to beauty and skin stuff.

I can make music out of anything. Even that phone ringing, I could sample that. I grew up listening to Missy, Britney, Kelis, Lil Kim, Grace Jones, all the eccentric, out-there women. And men like Freddie Mercury, David Bowie. Those are my peopledem.

Sometimes I really believe in something and I'll always take it up to God... cuz I always meet God halfway.

I saw so many crazy things growing up. I've seen friends go to jail and come out, and now they're thriving. So it's made me really resilient.

There's this black and green hair style I did one time. And it was literally inspired by my neighbor taking out their green recycling bins in a black outfit. I just loved the color combination, and I was like, Oh, I want black and green hair now.

Bullying about my skin tone probably started at nine years old and it was actually by the lighter-skinned black girls at school.

Without sounding cocky, Freddie Mercury does remind me of me.

Throughout my journey, I just want to continue to showcase the different sides of me. Everything I do is easy if I have that logic.

After being signed I bought Invisalign and Louis Vuitton Archlight trainers. I remember not being able to believe that I was able to spend that much money on trainers, but they were a present to myself and I still have them.

I was exposed to Grace Jones and highlife music at a young age. I would sing along and as I grew up, music was the only thing that felt like a safe haven for me.

It's natural for me to step into the studio and come out with a country, rock, or trap song. I'd feel pressured if I was focused on making songs that gave me high streams or something, but I don't think about those kinds of things.

Feel the fear, and do it anyway. That's the mentality. Even if you're scared, just do it.

My dancing is definitely influenced by African house parties that loosen me up over the years when I was eight years old. Just trying to mimic my Aunties and I kind of learned the flow from there.