Inspiring girls to write their stories and play their own instruments is something I’m passionate about, as it’s not championed. Freya Ridings Read Quote
I do get star-struck, especially if they’re icons like Florence Welch. I met her briefly at a studio and I did not act cool. Freya Ridings Read Quote
I think, definitely, I was hugely influenced by – obviously like Adele and Florence the Machine. They were my complete idols growing up. But also, there were a lot of influences from my dad, like singer-songwriters of the ’70s like Carole King and James Taylor. Freya Ridings Read Quote
Me and my mom were just watching the charts like, ‘Why isn’t it stopping?’ And now I’ve got a platinum disc in my bedroom. Freya Ridings Read Quote
I remember, a couple of years ago I was playing my first headline show, and it was to 100 people in St Pancras Old Church in London; and me and my mum were like, ‘We don’t know 100 people, how are we going to sell these tickets?’ Freya Ridings Read Quote
I was in a choir at school and we were part of the BBC Proms back in around 2002. Freya Ridings Read Quote
All my songs are based on personal experience, and ‘Lost Without You’ came out fully born. Freya Ridings Read Quote
At the age of 11 I did my first open mic show, and it was one of those lightning-bolt moments where I suddenly found what I wanted to do. Freya Ridings Read Quote
At school I was really heavily dyslexic, so I really struggled academically with reading and writing. Freya Ridings Read Quote
