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“As a teenager my favorite band was Sonic Youth, and everything they did was always obviously them, and always so artistic. There was another layer of meaning, underneath everything, that you could search for.”

“Ever since I was a little kid, there was something about change that scared me so much, but, at the same time, I've always been terrified of being stuck, so it's kind of like a paradox that I'm living.”

“I've always wanted to make songs.”

“People find it hard to place me. I'm doing pop, but I'm this weird quirky Dane that used to be in a punk band. And she's singing about being messed up but at the same time she seems normal? I don't know.”

“I was a trouble teenager. I was uncontrollable, but I haven't done anything that I'm not proud of.”

“I've always liked the idea of being different.”

“When I was seven-years-old I discovered the Spice Girls. I fell in love immediately, and I decided I wanted to be a musician myself. This became my goal and my biggest passion to strive for. And so I dressed up as a pop star at Halloween 1996.”

“Life was so easy as a child, maybe you fall over and you cry but you get back up again.”

“I want to be sure I'm being myself. I don't want to follow something because someone's like 'do this, it's popular.'”

“I think everyone grew up thinking that by their mid-20s they'd have everything sorted out, but I know I don't.”

“You don't want political acts to become something you just have to do in order to look good.”

“I had everything you could collect. I had these Spice Girls postcards. I also had the stickers and Barbie girls. I had all five of them. I was a real fangirl. They were actually preaching some cool stuff, the thing about girl power and sticking together with your best girlfriends.”

“I tend to learn from mistakes that I've made. Even though it sucks to make bad choices, sometimes it's good to fail.”

“You start off at an early age dreaming about love, but you have no idea how it will be.”

“The best present I have ever received was when I was about 13 and I got a really cool pair of black fake buffalo shoes. I was so happy about them. They were fake but I was ok with that.”

“Linking With You' is about being in love with somebody and obsessing about 'playing the game' right.”

“As a kid I was super into all kinds of pop. It wasn't until I became a teenager that I moved more into alternative music and punk rock.”

“A fear of not being good enough? But that's what drives me.”

“Nostalgia has always been a key player in my songwriting cause within that space I find a great deal of inspiration.”

“I have a crazy imagination, and it's a visual one that can be scary from time to time.”