Eliot Sumner

“People always have to have a reference - I think I'll always be in the shadow of my parents.”

“I think everyone's got an obstacle in their career that they have to challenge. I think, in a way, that pushes you to prove who you are.”

“I try to read, but my attention span is so bad, and ever since Netflix was invented, that's all I do in my spare time, which is really bad, but it's like a chore to read for me.”

“Self-sufficiency is vitally important to my self-respect. I never wanted to rely on my parents in that way, because I knew that if I got used to it, I'd be reliant all my life.”

“I was very young when I did 'I Blame Coco,' and I never really recognized that sound as me.”

“I'm very much a creature of habit. I don't like to try to new things.”

“As a kid, I loved to dress up as Ian Dury and run around hitting people with drumsticks. Members of my family, neighbours, friends, kids at school - no one was safe from my rhythm sticks.”

“Being Sting's daughter hasn't kicked any doors open for me - he has had absolutely nothing to do with my career. It's all been down to me so far, and that's how I want to keep it.”

“I think, forever, I was trying to figure out maybe... what I am. But I don't think anyone should feel pressured to have any kind of label or tag on them. We should treat everybody the same... Me, I don't like to be put down to a specific thing. We're all human beings.”

“On my fourth or fifth birthday, a guitar was given to me, and I made a new friend. A very loud friend.”

“I knew I wasn't going to write a record as soon as I got signed, because I hadn't had any life experiences. I was still at school, and I wasn't going to write about that.”

“It's difficult to explain exactly how I react to music, but if it makes me feel anything at all, then I'll have some kind of emotional relationship to it. That's what defines good music to me - if it makes me truly feel something.”

“It's always best to challenge yourself and go to a place out of your comfort zone.”

“I can only be myself, and if I have to suffer for that, that's okay, because to pretend to be somebody else - I tried that, it's terrible.”

“I like to move around. It suits me. I grew up in Wiltshire on a farm, and that's the only place I call home.”

“I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to music. I like studio gear. I'm always looking it up on eBay and seeing what I can afford.”

“It stresses me out writing songs,; I get really super nervous and speedy. I feel like I'm possessed.”

“I don't look into myself too much. I don't think I'm shy so much as a better listener than I am a speaker. I just really don't wish for attention.”

“I was somewhat of a mute at school, so people were quite scared!”

“With a band I feel stronger. It's not just me and my weird thoughts.”