English - Musician | May 15, 1996 -
I don't think you have to have experienced things to understand them.
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I got a phone call from Fearne Cotton. It was amazing! I literally couldn't believe it. It was so cool. It was the night before I was going on her show to sing on the 'Live Lounge.' She was so lovely.
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My mom's a concert pianist, so she started teaching me when I was around seven. When I was eight, I started writing my own songs, and kinda started putting piano and singing together. But I'm trained classically, which is a big influence on me, I think.
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It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a 'real teacher' for me. But she'd always teach me to really hear the music, and develop my ear, and to try and hear the harmonics of the piano.
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I've heard that Bon Iver liked my cover of 'Skinny Love.'
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I love Adele and Lykke Li. I also listen to classical music as well.
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I used to play violin, but I wasn't very good!
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I think it was when I was 12 when I entered a singing competition. I sang my own original song for an audience of 1,000 people.
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I've never spoken to Bon Iver, but I would love to. I'm a huge fan!
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I've started to get used to traveling a lot and performing, but still everything has grown so quickly and is very exciting!
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I wanted to give people a taste of my own music through the sound and style of my covers.
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I read the three 'Hunger Games' books in a week and because I liked them so much I wrote 'Just a Game.'
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