Going to school, sort of not realising that caring about things was going to make me stand out and make me weird, and I think also being a redhead and being tall, bigger than the other kids… Anything that makes you different at school makes you a target. Freya Ridings Read Quote
You know the way you tell your life story to a friend? I just told mine to a piano. Freya Ridings Read Quote
I was brought up in a bohemian household where my dad plays guitar and my mom plays piano just because they love it. Freya Ridings Read Quote
All of my music teachers gave up on me one by one because I couldn’t read music. Freya Ridings Read Quote
I heard that your subconscious is on the right side. I always shut my right eye when I play, or both eyes. I feel like you go to a deeper place in your subconscious, and you tell the stories that are more deeply within you. Freya Ridings Read Quote
When I first started, I’d play to a few people. My mum would invite everyone she knew and the venue was filled. Freya Ridings Read Quote
So when you’re sat there and you’re looking at a platinum disc on your wall, for a song you wrote on your own, it’s like this is getting crazy, man. It’s all crazy. Freya Ridings Read Quote
I was quite a different child, I felt isolated. In time, that level of being with yourself crystallises who you are, and you can see what other people are without being blinded by what they want from you. Freya Ridings Read Quote
There’s no expectations at all. Every single person that turns up to a show, you really appreciate them. Every single radio interview you do – everything. Freya Ridings Read Quote
