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" I've seen girls start playing music who have told me they were inspired by me. "
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" I was definitely thinking I'd go to college and make music on the side. "
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" 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. "
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" I think all girls do struggle with image, despite not knowing what's going on with other people. "
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" Playing all the time keeps you on everybody's mind. "
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" I'm a huge fan of Joni Mitchell, and I think her music has inspired me lyrically and guitar-wise. "
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" Moving gave me confidence. I was really reclusive when I first moved. I stayed home a lot or went to shows alone. But by the second semester of my freshman year, I started making friends. "
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" It's good to try and stay humble and down to earth, despite media and social media. "
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" I have to not let anything get to me and not get an ego about it and just do what I want to do, do things because I like them, and make the music that I like unapologetically. "
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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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