Nina Nesbitt

“I went from playing to like ten people in a pub to playing thousands of people and being in this music industry, you really have to get out of your comfort zone fast.”

“Then when I was writing alone, I'd just be in my bedroom in London and I had a little studio setup. I was like, You know what, if no one's gonna produce my music, I'm gonna have to learn how to do it myself.”

“Being young and extremely naive and coming from a very sheltered place has been a slight disadvantage to me because in Edinburgh, if you meet someone and they're nice, they just become your friend.”

“I think it's exciting because it pushes you harder to write a great song. Even for established artists, it has to be really good now because people have so many other options.”

“I was wearing leather studded jackets, but I was playing acoustic folk music, so it was quite a weird mix.”

“I took two years out to find what sound I felt passionate about and what I liked making. After the last album, 'Peroxide', which is quite poppy and acoustic, I felt really bored.”

“I try to create an image to suit my music. These days, you have to create your own personal brand as an artist. It's not about just putting music out any more unfortunately.”

“It seems as though if you go on tour with someone that means you're automatically going out with them. I'm just focusing on my music.”

“I don't know if I could lip-sync while waterskiing. I had to do that on horseback and it was a nightmare.”

“I dyed my hair blonde when I was 13 because I wanted to be like my mum and my gran, who both have blonde hair.”

“I still get the bus into town, still do all the things I used to before I was signed.”

“I had basically been shelved by the record label for two years and I was writing songs every day. I made two albums that just never came out, and that was just a really big knock to my confidence, because everything I sent seemed like it just wasn't good enough.”

“I think you really have to know what you want if you want to be an artist. Otherwise, you just kind of end up in space, just floating around.”

“I like people who have their own quirky style. I'm not really attracted to typically good looking men.”

“But, I think that as long as you have a distinct voice and personality, you can kind of dress how you want.”

“I would love to work with Calvin Harris because I think he's a really good songwriter and producer and he does everything, which I like.”

“But then as I got older, I got to know all these amazing artists like Alanis Morissette, Stevie Nicks, Debbie Harry, all these women who are really the creators behind who they are.”

“I genuinely have no eating problem. I eat so much food. I think there's a lot of girls who are similar to me.”