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" I enjoy albums, not a song here and there. The recordings I like have been a soundtrack to a universe. "

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" I just write about how I'm feeling at the time. If I feel like being cheeky and a bit straight up and a bit aggressive, you'll hear that in my music. If I feel like being very vulnerable and opening up about something personal, you'll hear that, too. "

" I've always been the kid who's known what they wanted to do. "

" I never knew listening to a song could give you goose bumps and make you cry until I listened to Lauryn Hill. "

" I'm aware that as much as people like hearing and listening to my music, it's also very therapeutic for me to be able to express myself some way - how I'm feeling, how I'm thinking, and just saying what's in my heart and on my mind. I need to do that to maintain my sanity. "

" I'm just a bit of a dreamer, and I get really in my thoughts. I get so deep with myself at times it's almost very scary. "

" I believe in equality: guys have rights, women have rights. It should be the same with race, or class, or whatever. I just like balance. "

" I've always loved the English language. I just like words, you know? "

" When you feel like a musician you listen to is like you, then they don't feel so far away, and whatever you want to get to isn't so far away. "

" I'm not a person who opens up to people, and I feel like music is my way of doing that. "

" I chose to continue independent because, at the time I was being offered deals, it wasn't fitting into what I'd imagined. I decided to take a gamble on myself and see what happens. "

" Singles are for people that want to chart - I'm measuring my success by how well I connect with people. "

" I'm the youngest of four. I have two older sisters and an older brother and was raised by a single mother. Basically, my household was just full of life. Everything was lit all the time. "

" I haven't knocked all the doors I need to knock down, but I can see it happening more and more. It will just take more perseverance and work. "

" My sisters and my mum taught me how to be a woman: the way they carry themselves, the way they talk to people, the way they know how to put their foot down. They're not having any nonsense from no one. I can see traces of that in me. "

" I could probably say one thing that I'm excited about is I definitely wanna be an entrepreneur and be a humanitarian and that stuff. "

" I don't get fazed by things easily. I don't really care about much; I'm just not interested in a lot. I'm just interested in the well being of my close ones, my music, the message I'm portraying, how my efforts are contributing to society. "

" The whole point of an album is to understand the artist and enjoy the music - it's supposed to make you want to go to a concert to see them in the flesh and get the album on vinyl and be a part of everything. That's what I'm about. "

" I'm not an 'out there' person if it's not on stage or if I'm not around people I'm most comfortable with. "

" Music is like therapy, you know? It's my escape. It's my way for me to express my feelings and my thoughts. "

" I just always want to be as transparent as possible. "

" I've experienced racism and run-ins with the law, and it's a real thing, and it happens where I grew up. It's something that not a lot of people want to talk about. I feel like I have a duty, and I wouldn't be honest or true to myself if I didn't speak about it. "

" I have a good family. I have good friends. I have people that actually care about my wellbeing as opposed to just work and just need me for work or whatever. Like, people that genuinely look out for me and my health, knowing how much work I put in. "

" I'm not easily satisfied with things. I always want to do better. I always want to improve. I always want to grow. "

" I was always just an ambitious kid from early. I always knew that I had a purpose and I was destined for something big, great. "

" I don't dress to impress; I've never been that person. "

" I want to be ambassador-like. I want to, you know, set examples, especially as a young black female. That, I think, is important, and I just want to be a bit of an example, you know. "

" When I write, I normally write anywhere that I can feel at peace, so if it's in my bedroom, if it's at the park, if it's by a lake somewhere, wherever I feel calm is where I like to write. "

" My mom raised me to be a strong person. "

" I realised that you have to be honest. When you're being open, that's when people connect with you. You just have to be yourself. "

" I did a show in Germany, and some kid - he was disabled - he was actually in a wheelchair, and he came out to my show, and he couldn't get across to me what he was trying to say, and you could see that he was frustrated because he couldn't fully express himself, and I just felt like, 'Wow, he's just really passionate about me.' "