Where is birdy from

She learned to play piano at the age of 7 and started to write her own songs when she was 8. My mum's a concert pianist, so she started teaching me when I was around seven.

When I was eight, I started writing my own songs, and kinda started putting piano and singing together. But I'm trained classically, which is a big influence on me, I think.

It's quite hard to have your mum as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a 'real teacher' for me. But she'd always teach me to really hear the music, and develop my ear, and to try and hear the harmonics of the piano. I would love to work with Paolo Nutini because he is so soulful and an amazing songwriter. I think it was when I was 12 when I entered a singing competition. I sang my own original song for an audience of 1, people. I've had to ban my mum from coming to see me play. She gets so nervous before any show.

I've always got a few nerves but she's so much worse than me. You'd think she'd be able to handle that kind of situation. After all, she is a concert pianist. I got a phone call from Fearne Cotton. It was amazing! I literally couldn't believe it.

It was so cool. It was the night before I was going on her show to sing on the 'Live Lounge. When I performed at 'Open Mic U. I've never spoken to Bon Iver, but I would love to. She also loves Taco Bell we told her about the breakfast taco, which she said "sounds amazing".

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