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" I kind of tend to write a lot of songs, so it's never too hard for me to finish an album; it's more about just getting enough songs that I really love. "

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" I never thought I would get signed to a label. "

" I've had so many young girls come up to me after a show and say, 'How do I start putting my music on Bandcamp?' or 'I used to play music, but I don't anymore, and I really want to start writing again.' That's just the most amazing feeling. "

" I love Grimes! "

" Playing all the time keeps you on everybody's mind. "

" It's not an easy thing to manage - school and being in a band. "

" I thought that I wouldn't be able to make it because I'm a girl, but I think it was just a subconscious feeling. Pretty much every gig I went to was a band with four dudes. "

" Those reflective moments for me usually come from loneliness and separation from people. "

" I was just happy with having friends that I liked and going to shows that I wanted to see. "

" I definitely learned stuff like advancing a show, what percentage I should be paid, what's going be in a contract I'm going sign. "

" Moving gave me confidence. I was really reclusive when I first moved. I stayed home a lot or went to shows alone. But by the second semester of my freshman year, I started making friends. "

" I think I'm much more of a guitar-songwriter than a singer. I start with chords and then test out melodies rather than improvising over it. "

" It hasn't been a conscious thing, like, 'I don't want to listen to a bunch of dudes,' but I genuinely like music by women better. "

" I'm a huge fan of Joni Mitchell, and I think her music has inspired me lyrically and guitar-wise. "

" It's good to try and stay humble and down to earth, despite media and social media. "

" When I was younger, I definitely wish I had felt more... I just wish I had started actually putting out my music earlier because I didn't do it until I graduated high school and felt like I was leaving. That's mostly because I have never liked my voice a lot or been like a particularly great singer. "

" I was totally a Bandcamp person. "

" I was definitely thinking I'd go to college and make music on the side. "

" 'Your Dog' I tried to re-record at my house, like, four times after the studio recordings were done. "

" I didn't make music until I was about 18. I'd been playing my whole life, but I wasn't putting it out because I didn't feel like people would take it seriously. I thought people would be like, 'It's just like sad girl music - it's like Taylor Swift.' "

" I listen to a lot of Nashville local music, which, for the most part, is punk and grunge music but also alt-country stuff down here. "

" I don't talk with people about how I am feeling - I just usually write a song about it. "

" I got a toy guitar at a fundraiser and was trying to write songs with it that were ridiculous. After a week, my parents bought me a real acoustic guitar, and I started taking guitar lessons. "

" When I released 'Songs From My Bedroom'... that's the one that people started actually listening to. "

" A lot of music that's my favorite doesn't sound like the music I write. "

" I've always wanted to do stuff to help encourage more women to play, whether it's booking women on my shows at home, even when I was just playing DIY shows, or booking benefit shows and having all women play. "

" It's hard for me to see myself as meaningful, but people seem to like my music, so who knows. Maybe my music is empowering some more young women to pick up songwriting/playing. "

" I am way too competitive! I get so crazy that I don't even care. "

" I'm not really a sports girl anymore - I used to be a huge sports girl. "

" Being a guitarist was scary, honestly, as a girl in Nashville. It just felt like no one was gonna ask me to be in a band and play guitar, like I never was gonna get asked to do that. "

" I have to not let anything get to me and not get an ego about it and just do what I want to do, do things because I like them, and make the music that I like unapologetically. "