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" I can still feel unsure in myself, and l'm still insecure about certain things, but my desire to be happy and my desire to be free is very strong. "

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" Music is a lot more powerful than anyone gives it credit for. I can sing something right now and make you feel something that you would not feel if I said it. If somebody can sing and connect to people just through voice, just through sonics, capturing an emotion, that's a direct string to somebody's soul. "

" I can deal with imperfection, but I can't deal with people who lie to themselves and lie to the world to make the world feel better. "

" I believe that I exist for the people. I'm just here to try to make a difference, and hopefully, the people listen and trust me enough to contribute. "

Make A Difference

" All of my songwriting success happened within a four month time span, and my record label deal happened within the next three months. "

" I think a lot of my angst comes from feeling unaccepted. "

" I got to meet Kanye West because we were shopping my artist deal, and I was interested in his label. When I met him, I played him all the records I had. He introduced me to Rihanna, and she recorded and cut some of those records. "

" 'Sally' is just a song that I wrote talking to my alter ego. When I write, I don't really consciously say, 'This is what I've been going through in my life, and I'm gonna put this into words.' It's just a song that I kinda went in and did. Then, listening back to it, I realized, 'I'm talking to myself.' "

" The music industry is hard work, especially for women. A lot of people pit us against each other, comparing two body types or two women that are completely different. It's a lot of pressure. "

" Daring is doing. Daring is asking something outrageous despite your chances of failure and rejection. Daring is going out on a limb by believing in something that no one else understands, and if all fails, daring is trying again. "

" School, for me, was a really, genuinely hard thing. It was hard because l am an artist. You can't send an artist to a place where we learn at a mad slow pace sitting in a class. "

" A writer is an artist. They're creating things out of thin air. "

" A lot of senior artists say that they support women, but they have a machine of people behind them telling them to be that way. l don't think it's always true and genuine. "

" My music comes from heartbreak - from feeling what it's like to lose everything and not being able to express it through words because it doesn't make sense. "

" At the end of the day, l just want to be myself. I don't set out to be like anyone else. "

" Think about how many dreams die with people - if you don't believe in yourself, whatever you're doing is for no reason. "

Believe In Yourself

" People who are their own entity and aren't afraid to be who they are can move a nation. I believe the height of my career is going to be during the start of a revolution. "

" I've seen people pass away. I've seen how fragile life is. "

" What people think of you doesn't matter, because I believe anything's possible. No one's going to convince me I'm not capable of living up to my full potential, because I've obsessed over that idea. The universe wants me to be great for me. "

" Opportunities don't always come dressed in neon colors. "

" To the outside world, I was pretty bad at everything my whole life. People didn't credit me for my musicianship. "

" My talent before singing is being able to interpret and understand my emotions. I've felt pain and felt it intensely, so every time I sing, I revisit it. "

" Authenticity can't be replicated or faked. You're either real or you're not. "

" I always do what makes me happy - it doesn't make sense to live life unhappily. "

" I started writing songs before I could talk - at three or four. It was in me, and I had to get it out. It was all freestyle, which is how I write anyway. I don't write the words down; I scat and come up with the melody, then the lyrics. "