Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, my parents told me I could be anything.

Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am.

To be so superfocused and honed in on one thing can be good because then you get what you're supposed to get done, done but you also miss out on other things. I could have spent more time with my family, and a million other little things.

I went from a naive, regular girl in high school to trying to realize my dream. When my family moved from the East Coast to California, I thought in my little brain, "Wow, I'm going to Hollywood. I could actually make this happen." It was easier for me to think it's possible living in a place like Los Angeles than trying to do it in suburban Maryland.

Being the first is kind of dirty, and it's great

I want to be singing to everybody, and I want everybody to think that I'm singing to them. Guys, girls and everyone in between.

People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do.