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" I'm of the ilk of writers that feels you have to be open to the inspiration. "

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" Stepping back into theatre, a childhood dream, I always felt like I would be onstage. I hadn't imagined myself in a composer role... I find it so satisfying to be behind the scenes and writing the music and watching it elevated and characterized by different voices than my own. It's so exciting. "

" My hairstylist taught me a trick for my hair. You section off your hair and put them up in these crazy little knots and then it looks like you curled your hair. It's saved me so much time 'cause on the road you don't have time or plugs to plug your curling iron in. "

" Nobody ever thinks a song is about them. Well, not when it's mean. When it's a good song everybody thinks it's about them. And when it's mean, nobody thinks it's about them. "

" I have been very fortunate to be a part of tours with other artists that have exposed me to new places that I've never been before. Once you discover something beautiful, you just want to keep coming back. "

" Aesthetically, London is just beautiful; it's a gorgeous city. The architecture, monuments, the parks, the small streets - it's an incredible place to be. "

" I'm grateful to have the chance to be inspired by the incredible artists that are out there. "

" I was a fat girl growing up and had to change schools because kids were so mean. "

" I would like to look back on my body of work and be proud of each record in its own right, but as a whole, I want to continue to grow and move forward. "

" I'm a traditional singer-songwriter. I have a more organic sound. "

" I used to sing songs from musicals all the time as a kid. "

" I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Fiona Apple. As I got older I got deeper into the work of bands like the Beatles, artists like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Etta James, and Joni Mitchell. "

" The women in my family are all super-emotional. The catchphrase in our family is 'Listen to my words, not my tears.' "

" I would never intentionally want to hurt someone's feelings. "

" I think I have some anger-management issues, and they end up coming out in these passive-aggressive songs that sound happy. "

" I didn't know I'd ever write a Broadway musical. "

" If you take your fear and mash it into something that's actually useful, then it doesn't feel like it wins. "

" I never played coffee shops; I just played a lot of coffee shop-sized venues. I took every venue I could get my hands on. "

" It's so easy to just rip someone's work apart. "

" I think there's so much honor and integrity and beauty in being able to be who you are. "

" One of the great things I learned from how cooperative theater is, you can't be too precious about your ideas. "

" The greatest thing we can do is to give each other a safe space to truly, truly be ourselves in the world. "

" I'm never gonna be somebody who's gonna fall down from the sky on a trapeze. That's not me. I really want to make sure that my focus stays on connecting with the audience. "