To a lot of people, my job is really fancy, so they're like, "Oh, whoah, you're a musician, wow!" Some people go to you, "Oh my god, you're a journal…

- Shura

One of the amazing things about pop is that it's there to make people feel confident and empowered.

- Shura

People think I'm cool - it's a virtue of my job! In real life I'm absolutely not cool, but I think if you have the courage of your convictions, and y…

- Shura

Pop music often deals with subject matter like breakups, or you have songs that are like, "I will love you forever," or "you're so hot right now," or…

- Shura

I would feel really dishonest writing a song that was really sassy, or really confident, because I'm not a supremely confident being. I think that's …

- Shura

It's different obviously with a song when you're talking about narrative, you're talking about the verse leading into the chorus or whatever it is, b…

- Shura

I really want to continue what I've already started with found sounds, but start borrowing from my past as well, so that it really spans me growing u…

- Shura

Your debut record, in terms of lyrical content, can be about the last couple of years of your life obviously, but your first record into the world is…

- Shura

A recording of a moment in time, where I was physically there, and it's now in a song for all eternity, in a way. It's really weird. I had written th…

- Shura