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" I love wearing dresses, but more simplistic, classic-looking dresses. "

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" 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. "

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" There are a lot more variables with festivals than just playing in a venue. "

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

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

" Music is all I've ever done. "

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

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

" I'm definitely someone who's really picky about who I work with and how I want things to go, because I have a high standard of integrity for my music. I want it to be genuine. "

" I've always been very driven and am also very stubborn. "

" I get kind of nervous in crowds, so a musical festival would never be something I would go to, unless I was playing. "

" I'm pretty picky about what I do and who I work with, for better or for worse. "

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

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

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

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" After graduating college in 2010, I got to work - writing and co-writing all the time, playing and touring in bands, playing for other people's bands, working in coffee shops all over town. "

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" 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. "

" 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.' "

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" I've always been very shy. Now I don't care anymore. "

" I do always write from a personal place. "

" I try as hard as I can to write from a personal place and be genuine. "