A biography for Jade Birdhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I like to keep morale up and not take things so seriously all the time. I enjoy life and laughs but I'm serious about the music. Serious about the craft of songwriting.”
“I'm a real big fan of words.”
“My focus on everything is songwriting, so I write all of my stuff by myself.”
“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've been surrounded by incredibly strong women: incredibly, unapologetically strong women, and I guess that for me has just been the biggest inspiration.”
“Every time people try and define me, it gets battered around. I like to keep people guessing.”
“Songwriters such as Alanis Morissette write about the constant balance of contradictions, and that's something I adhere to in my life and work.”
“I don't really get inspired by landscapes that much, it's all people.”
“But when I was 12 or 13, I found the acoustic guitar and got into guitar music ultimately, like Black Motorcycle Club, obviously Neil Young, Crosby, Stills and Nash.”
“I don't see any reason why young women shouldn't relate to me and have that connection with my music.”
“I was always the sniffly kid with bags under my eyes.”
“The first song I ever wrote that I liked was called 'When You're Alone.'”
“My mum brought me up by herself, pretty much. She had me at the age of 20, and my grandmother was a single mother, too, for most of her life.”
“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.”
“I think I'm eclectic and I'm never afraid to not know an artist or a band or an album because I want to hear it.”
“I never really put nature into my record, but I think environment is important, and I think environment has an effect on your person.”
“There's quite a stigma attached to country music in the UK - but I kind of enjoy that.”
“I think that I'm a powerful female, a young singer-songwriter with an energy that's not really been done before. I think that's what people need to know about, you know.”
“People like to associate you with hard times and I pride myself on coming through them more than experiencing them.”