There are moments on songs like "Violet" where it's still shrouded in metaphor, but it's quite, I don't know, explicit. And then there are songs like…

- Marika Hackman

I've always had musicianship as a dream since I was really small. I started to take it a bit more seriously when I learned how to write properly when…

- Marika Hackman

I have no one else involved in the writing process. I would hate to feel that I was going into the studio with something wishy-washy and not done. It…

- Marika Hackman

Just because you're a solo artist playing guitar, that doesn't make it folk. People get a bit confused about these things. There's so many more aspec…

- Marika Hackman

I feel like the inspiration is that I've managed to change my songwriting over the past couple of years and also production styles. I could get a sen…

- Marika Hackman

If I look back at the songs I was writing when I was effectively a child, there's a big contrast, so I've learnt a lot along the way. I think it's a …

- Marika Hackman

If you're stuck in a rut doing the same thing over and over again, what are you actually, really achieving? I'm someone who strives for success, for …

- Marika Hackman

There was a criticism that stuck with me a little bit, which is that somebody said that I was jumping on a bandwagon by talking about sexuality. Obvi…

- Marika Hackman

The music I'm playing now is the music I always imagined myself playing when I was a kid. It's been nice to use my instrument a bit more - play the g…

- Marika Hackman