Everything to Me

Winning the Silver Scroll in 2012 was awesome . . . it gave me a confidence boost. Before that, I'd never really sung before in public. I was playing keyboard for another band and I had a few songs left over that weren't really suitable. I never really liked my voice  . . .  but my roommate at the time said, 'You should just sing them yourself.' So I did.

– Steph Brown (aka Lips), Sunday magazine, 27 March 2015

I know I like it if I can't leave it alone. I play it over and over again. Whether anyone else likes it is a different story. My neighbours certainly don't.

– Songwriter Steph Brown on hitting on a good song, Sunday magazine, 27 March 2015

I really wanted to create a character that would personify my music — that would be the face of my music. Particularly important for me was to make a character that acknowledged the fact that I’m a girl writing, producing, and performing my music in an industry that is particularly male-dominated. So Lips, this girl who is a giant lips on legs, represented that for me.

– Steph Brown on her alter ego 'Lips', Audioculture

It would mean everything to me if we could take a holiday, 'cos you and I bone tired every night isn't my idea of play....

– The opening lyrics to 'Everything to Me'