Oliver Sim

“When I finished school, I didn't continue to go to university, because I decided I wanted to do music.”

“The darkness of clubs makes me feel much more secure, and you can hide behind smoke and lights.”

“As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.”

“I remember reading an interview with Adele, where she said that touring was the loneliest thing in the world. All of her band are hired, so, really, it's just her. I can't imagine what that must be like.”

“I enjoy not knowing everything about a musician I like. At a time when you can find out a popstar's favourite animal, I think it's more exciting not to know. I just don't want to tell everyone everything.”

“Not to flatter myself, but I know that you can influence people's opinion as a musician, and I don't want to.”

“Normally, I don't like explaining songs. I don't want to kill anyone's interpretation or the story they want to make for themselves.”

“Music is something I can't stop. Whether people are going to hear it or not, I'm still going to make music.”

“My own personal goal is I just hope to still write songs and kind of let that sustain me as a job. If I could never have a 9-to-5 job, and making a living doing this, it'd just be incredible.”

“To perform in front of a room full of people you go to school with would be terrifying. I couldn't do it now.”

“In our school, there were lots of bands putting up posters saying 'Come to our gigs'.”