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" I went through a lot of maturing in a year or two. I left all my best friends, and I didn't really want to make new friends, so I spent a lot of time inside just being depressed. "

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" 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. "

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" Sadly, you can't just pretend that you haven't seen the creepy things that people have said about you. It's something that gets in your brain. "

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

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

" I was totally a Bandcamp person. "

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" Social media being used to discover new artists is great. There's not a barrier to enter the industry. People can just post music and share it. And if it's good enough, and people like it, it will grow. "

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

" 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. "

" 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've played music since I was six, and I always wrote songs just for myself. I did it for fun, posting songs on Tumblr, Bandcamp, and Soundcloud. I didn't think anyone would notice. "

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

" It's really cathartic to play my songs live. I'm a really non-confrontational person, so my songs are kind of like all the things I never get to say to anyone. "

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

" 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 have more of a soccer dad. He was always the one taking us to sports practice. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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House

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

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Music

" I think all girls do struggle with image, despite not knowing what's going on with other people. "

" 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. "

" The summer after high school, I got a TASCAM because I had been writing a lot and thought it would be cool if I recorded stuff not just on my phone. "

" You're always just going to be who you are. "

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

" I haven't had a terrible relationship, but I've always been the type in a relationship to give too much and not speak out about problems I had or problems that were bothering me. I just wouldn't stand up for myself in any way if I was upset about something. "

" I don't really idolize artists. "

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Really

" I feel like a crazy person all the time, and I feel like people are watching me, and I feel paranoid. "

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Feel

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

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