MAGGIE ROGERS

Something really intense happened to me during the 'SNL' performance. It felt like the person I was made to be faced the person I'm becoming. It was the first time I felt like I was able to make any sense of ownership of my work.

Writer's block is your self-critic getting in the way, because creativity will just flow otherwise.

The only thing I wanted to do in my music is be human and communicate all the aspects of that, which often means being vulnerable.

In terms of my voice, I'm very clear about who I am as a person and what I think.

People want to see a magical fairytale story, but the reality is that I spent a lot of time making music alone in my bedroom.

I find, as a woman and as a producer, I spend a lot of time convincing people I actually did the work.

When you're super passionate about something, you're more willing to do all of the grunt work. You know, like, I'm so willing to live on a bus for my whole life because that means I get that one moment on stage or that one moment in the studio that totally fills me.

When someone said, 'Let's go to a club' in New York, it often meant heels and tight dresses and money.

The craziest thing is I didn't know I could sing like this - ever. My voice has changed, or I've grown into it, woken up.

I really want to make a great record, like my 'Rumours' or 'Thriller.'

I'm kind of a funny writer because I write very sporadically.

There are a lot of things worse to be than the 'Pharrell girl.' I hope that'll wear off.

The music industry is so cool because it's constantly changing.

I've always wanted to play violin.

I come from such a small place, and I've always really thought that if you make good music, then people will find it.

'Alaska' was filmed at my family's farm in Maryland; 'Dog Years' was filmed at the summer camp I grew up going to in Maine.

Bjork - she wears really weird stuff, and it's amazing.

I kind of always get described as this, like, 'nature girl'... I've lived in New York for the last five years.

When I was little, my mum would take me to see the orchestra, tell me to close my eyes and think about the story the music was telling. I always spoke about colours. I'd talk about how purple the oboe was.

You need music that is compelling and intellectual, but you also need music that just feels good and you can laugh about and dance to, and I think I'm trying to marry the two in some way.

Ask me my influences, I always talk about Bjork and Beck because they're independent voices in the music industry.

Friends came on the road, came on tour, came in my music videos; I got in the studio with them. I'm a really loyal person, and I don't have a really large group of friends, but the people I hang out with I really, really care about, and they continue to be a part of my life.

I remember going to church at home on Christmas in 2016, and people wanted to take my photo. When I'm home in Maryland, I don't leave the house. That's a weird feeling.

I've never made R&B. I've never made gospel. I've never made hip-hop - I don't think I'm going to, but I just want to keep challenging myself.

I want to have a long career. But that's based on wanting people to buy into my voice and not into a fabricated image.