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" For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days. "

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" I'm very American. "

" Songs are about whatever you want them to be about. For me it might mean something completely different than what it means to you. So I'd say it's about whatever the listener thinks it's about. "

" I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job. "

" I'm not a great piano player. "

" It's fun to peek into other people's worlds and see how they go about doing things. "

" I don't actually have a lot of discipline. I've worked hard at music. But I feel like you know, I felt like kind of natural at it. I always had a knack for it. "

" There are absolutely no problems between me, my dad and my sister. Obviously I grew up with just my mum, but my relationship with my dad is just fine. "

" Anyone can look pretty with hair and make-up. "

" I like my life. I like my friends. I don't want to go anywhere else. "

" When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through. "

" I would love to make a real jazz album someday because I never have. But that's something I'm not in a rush to do. "

" I'm a musician because I love it and it's supposed to be fun. "

" I'm not going to play lead guitar in a concert hall full of people, because I'm going to mess up a lot. "

" I'm ballsy. Well, sometimes I'm ballsy. "

" I like records that flow really well and you don't have to skip around because there's lot of different jumps. "

" My mom and I have always been very close. She is my best friend. She had to make a lot of sacrifices early on in my life to make sure I got to do what I wanted to do. "

" I make a good fried chicken. "

" I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants. "

" I've been told the weirdest things: 'Yeah, I love taking a bath to your music!' or 'I gave birth to my daughter while listening to your music.' "

" I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters. "

" You know, when you have a father who's pretty well known but you don't see him, the last thing you want to do is start talking about him all the time to people. "

" It's true, there's a lot of melancholy in my music. I don't know why, I'm not a melancholy person. I've always been drawn to it. Ever since I was a kid, if I had an album I would play the ballads on repeat. "

" During my first photo shoot, I was unhappy because they put so much makeup on me and straightened my hair. I've been stubborn ever since. "

" The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually. "

" I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own. "

" My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops. "

" I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body. "

" I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now. "

" All is fair in love and songwriting. "

" I really love things with melody. "