Griff

“Worship songs are some of the most beautiful and oldest and most lasting songs because they think there's something to be said for just a melody that a whole group of people can sing.”

“Music and creative stuff are such weird things that you kind of just have to be at the mercy of wherever where it may take you.”

“Coffee is a must, always. If I'm out and about, it's a cortado. Or if I'm at home, I just make a black stovetop.”

“It's a natural cycle of life, I think, whether it's heartbreak or just growing up. There are really low moments at the start, and then at some point you have to figure out your confidence and your place in all of it.”

“Faith is a huge part of my life and I think my first experience with music wasn't that it's something you hear on the radio, but rather it's a form of worship. It's like a form of talking to God and having relationship with God.”

“I love writing super sad songs, and I love writing big pop songs.”

“I enjoy the challenge of envisioning something in your head and then making it come to life.”

“It's so surreal to be like, I've been on all these tours and been endorsed by all these crazy superstars.”

“Just because you signed a deal, it doesn't mean anything, or that you'll be on the radio tomorrow.”

“I started playing piano from a very young age, and I just loved it.”

“A song like 'Shade of Yellow,' it was like, me turning on my Imogen Heap brain. I was listening to a lot of Imogen Heap, and getting the vocoder out.”

“My whole life I felt like I was sticking out like a sore thumb, and I think eventually I've found comfort in that.”

“Growing up as a person of colour in an all white area meant for a long time I didn't see a lot of my features as very beautiful. So I leaned on make-up a lot from a young age, I guess to compensate for what I thought I didn't have but other girls did.”

“My mom was very resourceful in saving money and being creative with what we had.”

“I don't think I realised I was even producing my own music when I started, there's a whole generation of artists who feel in control of what they're doing and saying with tools that allow self-publishing and production.”

“I think for most of my childhood I rejected a lot of my Chinese and Jamaican heritage. You just want to fit in. But now I realise it's one of my biggest assets. It's quite rare and unique. Embracing it is probably the best thing.”

“There's definitely a lot of pressure every day to post more, do more, be more of a social person.”

“Being half-Jamaican, half-Chinese in a very white area, it created a real identity crisis for me as a kid. But I'd travel into London and see so much diversity and clothes and everything was more creative and looked different.”

“In the daytime, we can be busy and fine, and then suddenly, the moment you're asleep, things come back - whether it's your ex or your fears or anxieties. These things always seem to find a way back.”

“You go through so much work, making the music, writing the lyrics, finishing it, mixing it, putting visuals together for it, putting the live show together. It's almost all redundant unless you're putting something really compelling out on TikTok as well. I do think music is suffering because of it.”