Maisie Peters

“I like sweet drinks.”

“Life takes you in surprising places sometimes.”

“It wasn't something that I was consciously aware of - being obsessed with obsession.”

“If you're going to be a singer, I'd just say, put yourself out there as much as you can. It's pretty easy to, nowadays, with social media and YouTube. And that's how I got started.”

“As a songwriter, it's my least favourite job to tell people how they should hear my music. The fact they want to hear it, full stop, is amazing.”

“I wanted to make an album that would make other people feel the way I felt listening to 'Melodrama.'”

“I would go to the studio and then I'd go back on tour and then I would come off and go on. And so I was writing in the gaps. The conversion rate of life to music was quite fast because I was feeling it and then I was writing it and then I was living it. And then I was writing it.”

“I draw inspiration from many different places - my own life and other media that I absorb - TV, films, books, and other songs. I have a long list on my phone where I'm constantly writing down ideas and words and song titles.”

“I'm not necessarily, in person, a very open person or very good at sharing.”

“I just love seeing people so wholly in the moment, just losing their minds and making friends.”

“Live music is obviously a huge part of what I do and a lot of my close friends work in that industry.”

“As I get older, I find myself trying to disentangle from living my life online a little bit, which is healthy and natural.”

“I'm from a family of scarily ambitious women: pity my father.”

“It's just really natural for me to sort of be an idiot.”

“There'll be amazing moments and there'll be less amazing moments, but you've got to sort of keep going forward, and remember why you started in the first place. Because you love music. Just to not dwell on either, I think, is healthy, and definitely something that I've tried to channel.”

“I hate doing gigs in front of people I know.”

“I think that there's so many different types of love.”

“I think it's good to do something strongly.”

“Maybe I've romanticized it, but I like the idea that we're making music to play it.”

“I always try to reuse and rewear things. It's realistic, and it's the most sustainable, and it's the example I want to lead.”