Quotes from Romy Madley Croft

There's a place in Dalston, in England, called LNCC, where you have to make an appointment in order to shop.

I love that people can feel the bass in their body.

'Angels' is about being in love.

I really love that: bringing people together and feeling the love.

I only started singing at about 15, and it came as quite a surprise to my dad.

I do love brash pop music. It's fun.

I'm happy - despite things that might have happened in my life.

I taught myself how to use a multi-track tape recorder, which was the first time I recorded myself.

You become friends with someone when you're 16, but by the time you get to 20, you're a completely different person.

When I think about myself as a teenager going to festivals, you look to the main stage as the main entertainment of the night.

At a festival like Coachella, you're not necessarily playing for your fans. You're playing to some, but there is also a lot of people that have maybe heard one of your songs, but aren't quite fans yet, so you feel like you have something to prove.

I started out writings songs for what I thought was going to be a maximum of five people down our local pub.

I'm proud of having a girlfriend; it just doesn't have anything to do with my music.

My friends call me an owl. Apparently, it's a combination of being wise and having big eyes.

I always wear 'Hannah Marshall', all black.

As a fan of pop music myself, I hate discovering that a favourite track has a completely different meaning from the one I thought.

I was a very shy kid and really into art.

When you sign over your music to the BBC or Channel 4, you are signing it over, and they either use it, or they don't.

I grew up in Wandsworth and was constantly on public transport, as there wasn't much going on around there.

Mainstream pop is a bit more introspective and emotional now, like how Adele's 'Someone Like You' is everyone's favorite song, and it's so heartbreaking.

Always treat people the way you would like to be treated. My mum told me that, and it often comes into my mind.

I sometimes get asked, 'What's it like, being spotted?', but the truth is I don't, ever. I love that I can walk around, being private.

I lived with my auntie and my cousin when I was growing up, and they always wore black, and I thought it was quite chic. It wasn't a goth or a social group sort of thing.

My guitar sound pretty much came from discovering there was reverb on my little practice amp and really loving the mood it created.