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" An artist could have a really big relationship, and then they break up, and any song after that, people are automatically going to assume that that song is about that person. "
Big
Song
Relationship
" For the first three years, when I was writing, I was doing sessions with a whole bunch of different people all the time every day until I met Lindy Robbins, who kind of mentored me. And then, once you find that, all the pieces come together. "
Me
Day
People
" Hula-hooping. It makes me feel free. My stepsister introduced me to it. I used to have panic attacks all the time, and she hula-hooped to cope with her own anxiety. "
Me
She
Anxiety
" I could make apple pie every single day. You need to be super precise in order for it to be perfect. I'm such a perfectionist that baking is calming for me. I've never burnt anything, thank God. "
God
Thank God
Apple
" I definitely always thought of myself as a songwriter before a singer. "
Singer
Thought
Myself
" I do love all types of music. I could be in a session for eight hours, and when I leave, I'll instinctively go to the radio or put on my favourite songs. "
Radio
Music
Love
" If I get writer's block - this is going to sound funny - I take a shower. Something about the water feels like I'm cleaning my brain as well as my body. "
Water
Cleaning
Brain
" If you listen to the radio, it's all men who are emotional and women who are sexual. There's nothing wrong with that! It definitely should be the case, but it makes me sad that women are afraid to be emotional because it makes them look weak. "
Me
You
Women
" I grew up in Davenport, Iowa, but I moved to Santa Clarita, California, when I was 6. "
California
Iowa
Grew
" I had all these singles come out within a two-month period, and then nothing for almost two years. You start to feel a little irrelevant. You realize how many people there are trying to be songwriters and how competitive it is and how political things can be. "
Trying
Start
People
" I have, like, sensory overload problems. "
Overload
Like
Sensory
" I just remember really loving words and writing about anything I could, and the way I'd remember things, like my library card number, was to make a melody. "
Remember
Words
Way
" I just wanted to write the songs. I never wanted to sing them. "
Write
Wanted
Songs
" I just want to write fun, interesting music that pushes boundaries and is still true to myself. I want people to feel something. "
Interesting
Myself
People
" I'm a very stimulated person. "
Stimulated
Very
Person
" I'm very emotional and vulnerable. "
Vulnerable
Very
Emotional
" I think artists are aware that talking gives a songwriter so much material. If they just tell us what's happening, it's so much easier for us to write a song that's specific to them. "
Think
Us
Song
" I think that women are afraid to be vulnerable because they think it makes them look weak. "
Think
Makes
Women
" It never feels like work. I get to go to the studio and be with my friends every day and write new things and experiment with new sounds. We just have a blast. "
Work
Friends
Go
" It's 2016. Men are more vulnerable than ever. "
Ever
Vulnerable
Than
" It's ingrained in people's minds that it's a typecast and a stereotype that women are just emotional and crazy. "
Emotional
Women
People
" I've always been a writer. I've always loved words, ever since I was a kid. "
Always
Been
Kid
" I've been the person who hides behind people and lets everyone else do their thing, and I've been content there. "
People
Everyone
Content
" I've written poetry most of my life. "
Life
Written
My Life
" I write songs for myself, but I never keep them. I'm like, 'O.K., that was my therapy - it's out of my body now. I'm going to give it to somebody else so it can be their therapy, too.' "
Like
Body
Therapy
" My boyfriend and I like to fight a lot. I have a lot of problems. He has a lot of problems. Somehow, we always work them out and find a way back to each other. "
Work
Back
Fight
" My favorite food is hot Cheetos. I could eat those every day. "
Eat
Hot
Food
" My sister was the singer, and I always had the mentality there could only be one in the family. "
Sister
Always
Family
" Once I heard how deep music could touch people and what it can make you feel and all of these emotions it could bring out, I was really fascinated with it all. "
Feel
Music
You
" People are going to assume whatever they want to assume. "
People
Assume
Going
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