Things like rhyming - it just wasn't falling out of my head that way. So I started to get quite freaked out that I just couldn't write anymore. And t…

- Elena Tonra

Initially I started writing because I felt like I didn't fit in. I just moved to a new school and I felt quite lonely. I think that's where it all st…

- Elena Tonra

There’s nothing more emotional than looking out at an audience and knowing they’re there because they understand.

- Elena Tonra

It's not disappearing in that sense, and it's not disappearing in an artistic sense - trying to make something beautiful that means something. If it'…

- Elena Tonra

Each song had a different way of coming about. In some, the music was written first while others it was the lyrics. We didn't want to overthink anyth…

- Elena Tonra

Everything is super personal. Basically all of the songs are 'this is my life and what I feel about it.' That's how my brain works and thinks about t…

- Elena Tonra

At a recent show, I looked out and I saw this girl crying in the audience and it really affected me. I wanted to stop the song and go and give her a …

- Elena Tonra

I think I grew up a bit quickly. I wish I was younger than I am in my head. I feel like an old lady for various reasons. I have a yearning to live ou…

- Elena Tonra

I got a bit bored of just me and my guitar.

- Elena Tonra