I'm obsessed with voices in film. I have this memory of how people say words, even on the most intensely stupid reality TV show.

I really hated being the Norwegian girl in every single conversation in Australia, so I tried to make my Norwegian-ness invisible, speaking like whoever was around me.

I took interest in Paris Hilton at one point and got fascinated with her voice.

I couldn't even have a guitar. But I got a three-track recorder that was so small that I could take it with me. Then I started recording and writing properly. I recorded lots of voices, not just my own. I was interested in people speaking and singing English and trying out words.

I'm obsessed with voices in film. I have this memory of how people say words, even on the most intensely stupid reality TV show.

When you're outside of genre, you can expose more vulnerability.

I remember being very, very aware of gender when I was really young. Not necessarily in a bad way. Maybe it's a little bit because I'm Norwegian and how I've been brought up.