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

Stay true to who you are, even though that sounds cliché. It's something that's important - doing what feels right for you.

YouTube was a way for people to hear me and for me to say, "Hey, I can sing this song, I'm not in front of you yet because I'm too shy, but here's how I sound for now."

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

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.

The fact that people are embracing me so well as a new artist and being taken so seriously is something I'm really surprised by.

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