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" I was doing some YouTube covers, and I had a decently popular blog on Tumblr. "

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" A guitar can be so human, so sorrowful, so angry, and I wanted to figure out how to achieve that vibe without having to actually use guitars, because 'Badlands' is a very futuristic record - and making it that in an era of futuristic music is a really hard thing to do! "

" The environment around you shapes who you are. How you handle an emergency or how you react when someone is rude to you, that's you. "

" In 2016, makeup has become an incredible passion and hobby for men and women, but it hasn't become mainstream. "

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" Being a pop-leaning, female artist, you'd think that I'd have my record company breathing down my neck and trying to control everything I'm doing. Actually, they've just kind of let me take the wheel. "

" I put 'Ghost' online hoping to make a couple hundred bucks, but then the next day, I took meetings with five different record companies. "

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" Whether it's writing songs, being on stage, being interviewed, meeting fans - I just try to be myself, which is kind of exhausting because it almost feels like it never shuts off. "

" My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in. "

" It's really exciting to see all those people that exist in numbers online translate into tickets and then into faces, handshakes, pictures, stories. "

" I want any kid who listens to my music to see that I am confident with all elements of my personality that I can't change. "

" Every time I got to play a show, even if it's already sold out, I'm so scared no one's going to come. "

" Being bisexual, being bipolar, being biracial - it's been used to define me, but I am desperate to be indefinable. "

" You numb yourself so you're not terrified when you're on TV at 7 o'clock in the morning with Justin Bieber, who you just met a couple of days before, having to perform in front of millions of people. "

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" You can be accessible without catering to an audience. "

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" I consider myself someone who takes a lot of beauty risks, and I've realized what I liar I am. I change my hair a lot, from blue to blonde to bald, but I'm trying to branch out a little more with makeup. "

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