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" Those reflective moments for me usually come from loneliness and separation from people. "

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" I haven't had a terrible relationship, but I've always been the type in a relationship to give too much and not speak out about problems I had or problems that were bothering me. I just wouldn't stand up for myself in any way if I was upset about something. "

" I definitely learned stuff like advancing a show, what percentage I should be paid, what's going be in a contract I'm going sign. "

" I don't really idolize artists. "

" I'm not really a sports girl anymore - I used to be a huge sports girl. "

" 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. "

" I think all girls do struggle with image, despite not knowing what's going on with other people. "

" 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. "

" When I was younger, I definitely wish I had felt more... I just wish I had started actually putting out my music earlier because I didn't do it until I graduated high school and felt like I was leaving. That's mostly because I have never liked my voice a lot or been like a particularly great singer. "

" I've seen girls start playing music who have told me they were inspired by me. "

" I feel like a crazy person all the time, and I feel like people are watching me, and I feel paranoid. "

" I listen to a lot of Nashville local music, which, for the most part, is punk and grunge music but also alt-country stuff down here. "

" Sadly, you can't just pretend that you haven't seen the creepy things that people have said about you. It's something that gets in your brain. "

" 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. "

" I am way too competitive! I get so crazy that I don't even care. "

" I got a toy guitar at a fundraiser and was trying to write songs with it that were ridiculous. After a week, my parents bought me a real acoustic guitar, and I started taking guitar lessons. "

" I don't talk with people about how I am feeling - I just usually write a song about it. "

" 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. "

" It's good to try and stay humble and down to earth, despite media and social media. "

" I think a lot of women could be making great music but still don't feel like they're capable - in fact, I know that's the case for a lot of young girls who try to do music. "

" It's not that I can't collaborate. It's just that I don't know how to say no to people. If someone's like, 'Let's write a song together,' it's like, 'You'll write the song, and I'm gonna okay everything.' It's very hard to think that their ideas work with what I'm trying to do. "

" Social media being used to discover new artists is great. There's not a barrier to enter the industry. People can just post music and share it. And if it's good enough, and people like it, it will grow. "

" It's really cathartic to play my songs live. I'm a really non-confrontational person, so my songs are kind of like all the things I never get to say to anyone. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I didn't make music until I was about 18. I'd been playing my whole life, but I wasn't putting it out because I didn't feel like people would take it seriously. I thought people would be like, 'It's just like sad girl music - it's like Taylor Swift.' "

" 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. "

" I was definitely thinking I'd go to college and make music on the side. "