“My identity started developing through the songs I was writing.” — Banks

My music is inspired by my life: the people in my life, the people I have relationships with, the people I love, the people that make me feel something.

I'm very passionate, very emotional, very sensitive. I've always been like that.

I get so many questions in interviews about feminism, and I think the second you start separating femininity and masculinity and giving one more power than the other, that's like - everyone is a person.

I grew up in L.A. I actually grew up in the Valley, which was a pretty amazing place to grow up because everybody has nice, big backyards, and I was kind of a little nature being.