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" As an artist, I never want to be a moment. I want to be a legacy, and I want my music to touch people for years to come. "

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" Art is fluid, and it travels. You have to let music take you where it wants to take you. You can't necessarily be the controller. "

" I try to take all of my experiences in and not take anything for granted. "

" I'm really excited about what the future holds and to grow as an individual and as an artist. "

" I worked hard on making a body of work that takes people on a journey. It was never about making a certain type of song. It was simply about embracing real-life situations. "

" My peers inspire me, especially being a newer artist. "

" I would never have been able to find my voice if I didn't have music education. "

" It's my job to accept my youth, to spread my story, to let people know who I am as an individual, because there's so many people who are blinded and think less of me because of my skin color. "

" I'd love to collaborate with Frank Ocean. He's one of my favorite artists of all time. "

" A lot of my songs are about loneliness and losing relationships. Even the ones that are happy, there's a lonely undertone to them. "

" El Paso is where I started. I don't feel like I'd be making the music I'm making now if I hadn't gone there. "

" I've got to thank the city of El Paso for standing behind me. "

" I wrote 'Saved' as a form of therapy to get over the fact that I had moved and lost so much of myself. "

" I gotta spread all this love that I have for myself, I gotta spread it to everybody else, because my positivity is going to change at least one person's day a day, and that's all that matters to me. "

" I'm still proud of who I am, of my youth, and I feel like now, as individuals, we begin to realise that we can change the future. We all have to participate. "

" Once you're comfortable with the way that you're dressing, you express yourself a lot more, and you're just able to have a lot more fun. "

" I got joked on. You had people saying I was stupid, that I was lame, that I was feminine, this and that. I was like, 'OK, but I'm still gonna be successful, and you're not.' "

" For me, when I grew up, I never really had an outlet when it came to my social surroundings. Even if I had a form of popularity, I felt like I was very limited. "

" My mom is my biggest inspiration by far. She inspires me on a daily basis. I remember hearing her sing around the house, and I was like, 'Mom, you belong on TV. You're a superstar.' "

" And even though I'm famous, I still go through things that young people go through. "

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" I was in the sixth grade and living in Germany, when I was hanging out late with some friends. I turned around, and there's a dude dressed up as Michael Myers following us all the way home. It was the scariest thing ever, and it always reminds me of Halloween. In my mind, I was so young, so I really thought it was Mike Myers following me home. "

" Even though I was super personal with 'American Teen,' I want to tap in and not just tell my own stories but tell the stories of other people - so that I can help as many people as possible. "

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" I always try to be nice. I never want to be that person that anyone perceives as being rude or disrespectful, 'cause that's not me at all. "