I started singing when I was a teenager. I always wanted to write songs; I just didn't understand how someone could sing without writing their own so…

- Olivia Merilahti

I think I write a lot, but it's always a continuous stream of consciousness, I guess. It's a mechanic. It's a discipline and it's a way to have suppl…

- Olivia Merilahti

English has always been my musical language. When I started writing songs when I was 13 or 14, I started writing in English because it's the language…

- Olivia Merilahti

I'm very concerned with the healing process of a song and music in general. I think that's why I make music - it heals me and I'm extremely sensitive…

- Olivia Merilahti

My parents were not musical, but my mom just really wanted my brother and I to learn music as well as practice sports. It's a balance for which I'm t…

- Olivia Merilahti

There's an energy that I got inspired by from practicing a lot of sports. There's a philosophy or some sort of courage and bravery with sports that I…

- Olivia Merilahti