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" With 'Location' and all the other songs around it, my music turned into therapy for others. And that's something I really love and am blown away by. "

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" I was in the sixth grade and living in Germany, when I was hanging out late with some friends. I turned around, and there's a dude dressed up as Michael Myers following us all the way home. It was the scariest thing ever, and it always reminds me of Halloween. In my mind, I was so young, so I really thought it was Mike Myers following me home. "

" Kendrick Lamar deserves a Grammy. He's one of the biggest, most influential rappers of my generation. "

" I knew what I wanted and where I wanted to go. I always wanted to entertain and help others. "

" I had originally planned to do musical theatre and be on Broadway, but then my love for poetry also set in. Once that happened, I became torn between a career as an English teacher or a music teacher. "

" I was told I wasn't good enough, but I just chose not to listen. "

" I worked hard on making a body of work that takes people on a journey. It was never about making a certain type of song. It was simply about embracing real-life situations. "

" Positivity, confidence, and persistence are key in life, so never give up on yourself. "

" I use my clothing choices as a way to express how I feel. "

" I would never have been able to find my voice if I didn't have music education. "

" There's been a time where I was like, I wanna be a folk singer; no, I wanna sing soul. I want to sing classical music. I want to sing R&B. I want to be on Broadway. I just wanna sing. Whatever comes out of my mouth, that's what I want to do. "

" My high school was what crafted my interest in recording. "

" Being vulnerable was difficult for me at first because I've said things in my songs about how I felt that I never told anybody. "

" We were told not to turn our hobby into our job, but to turn our job into our hobby. As kids, we were told not to pursue our dreams! "

" When I started writing, I said, 'I don't know how to do this. I don't know if it sounds good.' Coming from being an underdog or being told that something wasn't for you over and over repeatedly, it took a lot out of me. It took a lot of my self-confidence. "

Self-Confidence

" Art is fluid, and it travels. You have to let music take you where it wants to take you. You can't necessarily be the controller. "

" Love crosses all boundaries. "

" Being timeless means you can listen to something when you're feeling a certain way, and it still has that same power as it did when you listened to the record for the first time. Timeless is abnormal. It sticks out. It can't be recreated. "

" My mom is my biggest inspiration by far. She inspires me on a daily basis. I remember hearing her sing around the house, and I was like, 'Mom, you belong on TV. You're a superstar.' "

" My mom and I, we have trust within each other because at one time in our lives, we were kind of all that we had, you know? My mom had me, and I had her. "

" I can't play an instrument to save my life. But when I'm creating, and when I'm making music, I feel like I'm the head of the orchestra, and I'm just waving my wand, and something is created. "

" For me, when I grew up, I never really had an outlet when it came to my social surroundings. Even if I had a form of popularity, I felt like I was very limited. "

" The first songs I made brought me to the Grammys. I was a five-times nominated teenager off voice memos and songs that were clearly recorded off different mics. "

" Lorde is awesome. She's amazing. She's so talented. We went on tour in Europe, and it was the greatest time of my life. "

" I've got to thank the city of El Paso for standing behind me. "

" I knew if I worked hard enough that I'd be successful and eventually give opportunities to others. "

" It wasn't like I was specifically wanting to write songs about technology. It's just what I lived, what I was experiencing growing up. "

" El Paso is where I started. I don't feel like I'd be making the music I'm making now if I hadn't gone there. "

" I moved from New York to El Paso in 2015, just before my senior year. I was super nervous. My mom, she's in the Army, and she got stationed at Fort Bliss. We packed everything up and drove all the way to El Paso. "

" I definitely associate songs with the places that I've been. "