Tom Misch

“I was doing music tech as a subject and learned how to use Logic Pro and that's when I kind of had a platform to put my ideas on. It all just went from there.”

“I first heard Loyle Carner on SoundCloud in 2014.”

“I hate being recognised on nights out.”

“To be honest, I don't have a particular recipe, but I normally start with the chord progression and then I build it from there. I listen to a lot of jazz, so the chords are really important to me.”

“I'd be making beats pretty much every day after school and it just grew and grew. I wasn't precious about my music. I just loved creating and putting stuff out there.”

“I forget that I can play guitar and that I can perform very well. It's like having an alternative life.”

“I don't think I have a great voice, but I started singing on my tracks and they did a lot better. So I thought, 'let's give this a go then!'”

“Well my dad forced me into playing the violin when I was about three and it all started from there. I went to Suzuki for violin lessons, and you learn to play by ear instead of reading music.”

“I was always listening to music on headphones or working on something on my computer. I realised it wasn't healthy to be so reliant on creating stuff. I needed to be more sociable.”

“It really scares me, the idea of keeping on growing and becoming more well-known. I don't like how my life has changed in some ways.”

“I don't want to be set in music my whole life. I want to experience some of my youth not being Tom Misch, away from the expectations.”

“I started playing guitar when I was nine and just fell in love with that - I've been playing nonstop ever since.”

“A lot of people know who I am before I've met them, which is a weird dynamic.”

“I like jazz but actually I didn't love it enough to study it for four years. It was boring.”