I feel New York is too crazy for me, especially when you go to Times Square.

The fact that I'm getting appreciated and praised alone is a crazy moment because I never thought it would happen.

With different scenarios and different places, I think it's easier for me to get inspired; I'm seeing different things.

It's hard to be taken seriously if you're a young, female artist making pop music; you never know how people are going to react.

I feel people are seeing me as a true artist rather than a singer, or an entertainer, or a girl who just makes songs.

As a kid I would always be in my bedroom constantly staring at the same four pink walls in it, aspiring to do all of these things. I had big dreams, and my dreams were bigger than what my life was at the time. I didn't understand why my life wasn't more interesting, but I was so oblivious to life outside of my bedroom because I was always there. I had to go about living my dreams.

It's really great that people are seeing me as a credible person. That alone is great. And the fact that people make fan accounts for me and recognize me now sometimes is really strange and cool.