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

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

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.

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

People don't care what men wear or how they look. Unfortunately for women, the music industry is very visual and objectifying. The objectification of our bodies and using our bodies to sell things needs to change. A lot of this marketing stuff comes from men, so we definitely need more women behind the scenes.

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 think patience is the best thing to try to embrace.