Top 30 Alice Merton Quotes

It’s a really hard decision, picking my second single.

I would bake for my grandma because she has never had anything I’ve baked.

There’s a few kids out there who like singing to my songs. They’re, like, five, six, seven years old.

I’m putting out music that I love, and they’re basically just stories of my life and how I try and teach myself to think about things. They’re kind of like notes to self, basically.

I wish I wrote ‘Paper Planes’ by M.I.A.

I think nowadays it’s important to have the support of a group of people who are ready to invest time and effort in your music and vision.

I get mad about something, and then I have this melody in my head, and then afterwards, the lyrics come.

If I don’t feel the music, I can’t perform it.

I didn’t want to write a sad song to remind me of the fact that I’m always moving around. I wanted something to cheer me up.

A lot of labels always feel the need to tell you how they think the music should be marketed and what songs work best where. I say make music you love doing, come up with a strategy, and put it out there.

Home, for me, is with the people who I really love – whether that’s in England with my family, Ireland with my relatives, or Germany and Canada with my friends.

Being an artist and a human in this world always means confronting people who make you feel like you have to act according to their rules.

Every song is true and has its unique story behind it.

The actual thought of not really having a home was, for me, very depressing, and it was something that I was dealing with for quite some time.

I started quite late. I only discovered that I could write a song when I was, like, 17… some musicians, they’re starting out, writing songs when they’re, like, 12, 13. I never thought I would go into songwriting when I was that young.

I have complete creative freedom. If I want to put a song on the album, there’s no one stopping me.

I make music… and it helps me figure out life.

I don’t like being dependent on other people.

I wanted to sing about things that moved me and experiences I had collected throughout life.

When you’ve moved 13 times, you lose track of where you’re from.

You don’t really learn how to write songs; you learn to develop as a writer, and you get to meet lots of musicians and figure out what kind of sound you want. You have the time to just develop and try different styles, and that’s what I did.

I don’t think I ever had a certain image of what touring was like… I think when you’re young, you think it’s very glamourous, but it’s not.

I actually didn’t think there was that many people out there who knew what it’s like to not really have a home or have that home in one place.

I was realizing that I didn’t have a home. I didn’t really feel at home in one place.

I love writing about things I know, and I like to be very honest in my music.

When I was younger, I always wanted to be either a pianist or a classical singer, and when I discovered songwriting, it was like a new portal had been opened.

I wanted to write an upbeat song where I could feel good about the fact that I’ve moved around so much and not sad about all the goodbyes I’ve had to face.

I don’t really see myself as a pop star. I guess I just really enjoy being able to play my music for people who actually want to listen to it.

My mom used to bake so much when I was a child, and I have a big sweet tooth.

I wanted to take the seriousness out of everything a little bit, because it kind of fits my style.