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

I do not knowingly kill any living thing - including insects or rodents - and I thank my food for sustaining me.

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.

Before I settled on music, I wanted to be an archaeologist, an astronaut, all sorts of really diverse things.

The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it.

I bought one of those Learn How to Play Guitar Chords By Yourself and it shows you the diagram where to put your hands and I took that in my room, sat with my singles and learned how to play guitar.

I know that sounds cliché, but mostly from my own experiences and things I see around me. We're all human beings, and a lot of the things I write about are pretty universal things.