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" I love how controversial pink is. Men still feel uncomfortable wearing pink. It's ridiculous. "

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" I'm such an emotional person that when it comes to songwriting, I can click into whatever zone I need. "

" My kind of retro-sounding songs, or whatever you want to call them, aren't for everybody. "

" Music is what makes you feel joyful and makes me feel like I'm not alone. It's everything. "

" I do always write from a personal place. "

" If you want to make something of yourself, you have to just do it relentlessly. "

" I'm a real musician's musician: I get really geeky on chords and arrangements. "

" There came a point when I was thinking, 'I'm now 26, 27, working on music every day, but I'm not making, like, a lot of money. What's happening? I guess I'll just start making dog clothes.' "

" My dad had his own business and was extremely busy, but on a very rare occasion, he would play guitar and sing a bit. I was always fascinated by it. I wrote my first song in first grade because my dad was making songs up during those special moments, and it seemed like a fun thing to try myself. "

" I'm not really a trend person. "

" It is like an addiction: I get addicted to performing and touring. I get itchy and think, 'I've got to do this.' "

" Stevie Wonder is obviously the master at political music that's for everybody, that's still joyful. "

" I used to come home and play piano all day by ear and make songs up or figure out my favourite Elvis songs. I'd make up games by blindfolding myself and singing the harmony to whatever notes I'd play. "

" I want to talk about things that are actually important. "

" Gospel talks about life's struggles, but you always feel like it recognizes these struggles and that you can overcome them. "

" My dad gave me the 'Introducing Dionne Warwick' album when I was, like, 14. It was the first time I'd heard Burt Bacharach's songwriting and her voice, and it rocked my world. She's such a great singer and communicator. It really helped me shape my own style. "

" Audrey Hepburn is a huge influence on my style. She's classy, confident, and simplistic. She's a tomboy and also super feminine. "

" Who doesn't love a Disney princess, and who wouldn't want to be one? Belle is my favorite. She's the smart, awkward, and adventurous. She doesn't have too many friends - goes off and hangs out with talking silverware. I think it's great. "

" I'm really into the 'classic' thing - the craft of writing something that will last, that won't die by next year. "

" I do what I want to do instead of what other people think I should do, and I'm kind of stubborn that way. "

" I think it's just my personality, or maybe just because I've been playing music for so long and working so hard at it, that I don't expect anything from it anymore. I just do my work and then hope that it works out. "

" When I made dog sweaters, as goofy as that was, I made this product, and people could buy it, and I got money immediately. Music was just this ethereal land of maybe, a lot of waiting and waiting. You live your life around hoping you get a five-thousand-dollar royalty check that usually doesn't come. "

" Like Lenny Kravitz, I wanna make the world a better place; I wanna unify people. "

" Music, for me, has always been a community thing. It's always how I make friends and hang out with people, because I didn't know how to do that. This is what makes me special. "

" Nashville has pushed me to improve constantly as few other places could, and I'm grateful for that. "

" You go through so many changes, especially in your twenties. "

" If you want to be a songwriter, you've got to obsess over it. "

" I come from the most normal family. I've always been the oddball. "

" I had a fairy shrine in my room, and I went to fairy LARPing camp, and I played Dungeons and Dragons in the woods. "

" I don't think I'm the most talented musician or the best singer, but I work really, really hard. "

" Women are against women, and men are against women. Like, women have to rise above so much to get ahead. I feel guilty that sometimes I hate being a woman. I hate it because there's so much weight on your shoulders at all times. Maybe I'm just really sensitive. "