Danielle O'Donohue, Journalist

"In France they had a way of making pop music in the ‘80s that was really open. They’d really go too far and it was okay."

"I wanted to perform because I wanted to be like, ‘Hey y’all, guess what? I’m not dead. I’m still here.’ This wasn’t a sombre thing following my funeral that happened earlier in the day."

"It sounded like there was music playing and sometimes it sounded very violent and discordant and other times it was very confident and beautiful."

"My work really resonates with international audiences."

"It would make no sense writing a song about ‘I hate my girlfriend’. My goal as a lyricist has always been to write something that’s real."

"When something’s really exciting there’s an adrenaline rush and you want to just try everything straight away."

Danielle O'Donohue predicts subtle female empowerment on television in 2014.

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