I'm a perfectionist and I want everything to be amazing every single show.
A lot of women need to know that they don't have to conform, they don't have to take no for an answer.
I learned anything can go wrong on tour, still, you have to put on the best show you can.
My dad had a cover band. They would rehearse in my living room while my mom was pregnant.
I've learned a lot about myself through my music and the way people perceive it, and the goal is for the success not to change me.
Being anonymous, I thought I'd just release the music and see what happens organically.
I've always been kind of a loner.
I definitely study the greats.
I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing.
I just want to give back to the community that raised me now that I've gotten to a point where I can do that.
As an artist, you're very sensitive about your art. And you feel like, 'Am I doing the right thing? Am I making the right music?'
Good things take time.
I always feel like we focus too much on image and the flashiness of what it means to be an artist.
I've been writing since I was five years old. I used to write poetry, and I loved to rhyme.
Music was all around me from the time I came into the world.
It's not a popularity contest to me. It should always be about the music.
I was a kid. I would go home and play instruments, and I would be at school on the playground the next day.
People are gonna listen to the music whether or not I reveal myself.
I'm all about comfort.
As a person, I'm just trying to be better than I was yesterday and continue to elevate.
I really just wanted it to be about the music, and get away from, 'Who is she with?' and 'What is she wearing?'
To live your truth and sing your truth, that defines success.
It's scary and uncomfortable releasing music that is close to you.
It's really powerful to have a strong base that genuinely loves the music and plays it over and over again.
People at school knew I sang and that this was what I was gonna do, but I was pretty private and low-key.
