Quotes from Jade Bird

I was always the sniffly kid with bags under my eyes.

I'm a real big fan of words.

A big part of the reason that I make music is that I want to be a part of people's memories - you're there; you're present in someone's life.

You do have to kind of sit down and try to write, because it's not the easiest thing when you're off and on planes. I'm sure if you're always on a bus, it's a little bit easier.

I've always been into music. My mom and dad used to always play music in the house.

I've often been told that if music doesn't work out I could be a comedian.

Connecting with fans online can be the make or break or some artists, and I think that's a bit dangerous.

I've been surrounded by incredibly strong women: incredibly, unapologetically strong women, and I guess that for me has just been the biggest inspiration.

I want to start thinking about other people and the political climate. I can't sit here and write an album about myself. It just feels wrong.

There's not point in doing anything without conviction.

I write 100% of my material by myself. That's really important to me because I don't want what I'm trying to say to be diluted by anyone that might not know my circumstance or who I am as a person.

No one ever wants to be the girl that got her relationship wrong again, but if you let your cynicism take over you risk never falling in love.

I always try to be myself, be it a festival crowd or my own crowd.

I'd been gigging since I was 14, doing little competitions and pubs and clubs and old people's homes.

I see magic in conversation and words, and music is purely speaking to others, isn't it?

I'd gig three to five times a week while I was doing my A-levels. I'd always come in with a runny nose 'cause I was always ill and run-down. But I just pushed through.

I always say the diversity, and culture is the one thing I love the most about the U.S. How you can travel across one borderline and you end up with this whole new set of people that I find super-interesting and great on tour.

I never expected I was going to travel the world playing gigs with my band and best friends. I have surpassed any dreams I had.

My grandma divorced my granddad and became a finance manager to get her own house, and my mum worked very hard to make sure we could have our own space.

I am a bit of a granny, I feel older than my years. I like to read rather than go to parties but at the same time my band and I have a lot of fun on tour and can be big kids.

People like to associate you with hard times and I pride myself on coming through them more than experiencing them.

Every time people try and define me, it gets battered around. I like to keep people guessing.

Audiences in the U.S. can sometimes be a lot less refined. If they like something, they tend to express it more loudly.

A good song always has to do with the person representing it - how they're feeling in that moment - but I think my songs don't need to be exclusive in terms of gender or race or that kind of thing.