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

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" I got offered publishing deals to write country music, but it was not what I wanted to do. "

" Gospel talks about life's struggles, but you always feel like it recognizes these struggles and that you can overcome them. "

" My path has been a little weird. I hope that it can inspire people. "

" If you want to be a songwriter, you've got to obsess over it. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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'm not really a trend person. "

" When I made dog sweaters, as goofy as that was, I made this product, and people could buy it, and I got money immediately. Music was just this ethereal land of maybe, a lot of waiting and waiting. You live your life around hoping you get a five-thousand-dollar royalty check that usually doesn't come. "

" Break-up albums are the best kind. "

" If you want to make something of yourself, you have to just do it relentlessly. "

" Women are against women, and men are against women. Like, women have to rise above so much to get ahead. I feel guilty that sometimes I hate being a woman. I hate it because there's so much weight on your shoulders at all times. Maybe I'm just really sensitive. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I love how controversial pink is. Men still feel uncomfortable wearing pink. It's ridiculous. "

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

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

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

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

" I think it's just my personality, or maybe just because I've been playing music for so long and working so hard at it, that I don't expect anything from it anymore. I just do my work and then hope that it works out. "

" 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. "

" You go through so many changes, especially in your twenties. "

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

" There are a lot more variables with festivals than just playing in a venue. "