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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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" I've always wanted to do stuff to help encourage more women to play, whether it's booking women on my shows at home, even when I was just playing DIY shows, or booking benefit shows and having all women play. "

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" I was totally a Bandcamp person. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

" I've had so many young girls come up to me after a show and say, 'How do I start putting my music on Bandcamp?' or 'I used to play music, but I don't anymore, and I really want to start writing again.' That's just the most amazing feeling. "

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