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

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" 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. "

" That's what's so wonderful about collaborating: your idea can explode and become something else. "

" I had to do so much self-searching and self-work and learning how to navigate in a world that seemed very mean. "

" 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. "

" It's an artist's choice to speak up about social issues, but I think it's really important, and my favorite artists have spoken out. "

" I'm one of those people who don't want to share anything 'til it's a done deal. "

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

" I'm the kind of writer that, once I get into writing mode in my brain, I'm non-stop. "

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

" 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. "

" I do always write from a personal place. "

" 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.' "

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

" When I was growing up, my dad would always be playing Motown around the house. He loved Stevie Wonder and the Supremes and got me into Dionne Warwick. It was the best music I'd ever heard. It was just that extremely deep, human, thought-out stream of ideas. You can always hear something new when you listen to that music. "

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

" I blindly loved music and never once questioned if I was weird or not. I didn't care. Still don't! "

" I've struggled with self-esteem and depression, like most singer-songwriters. I listen to my EPs on Bandcamp, and I can just hear the pain and the self-esteem struggle in my voice. "

" 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'm not really a trend person. "

" Break-up albums are the best kind. "

" 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. "

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

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

" When you're that age - that middle-school age, early high school - you're changing. You're going crazy. So I put all of my energy into pretending I was someone else, battling and screaming and all that stuff - casting spells and getting into a whole fantasy world. It was really healthy for me. "

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

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

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

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

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

" I'm a very loyal and compassionate person. "