The downs are the times when you lose sight of who you are and that happens along the way sometimes...Writer's block when you doubt yourself and you get insecure.

Seems like the more you grow, the more time you spend alone, before you know it you end up perfectly on your own.

No matter who you are, big or small, female or man, brave or not brave, you can still be empowered and feel strong.

One girl, actually, in the UK — it was a really small show in Wales — a girl came up to me and said that because of one of my songs she was still alive. She’d decided not to commit suicide. It was a really emotional moment.

Sometimes I remind myself of all the things that make me feel so blessed. And then I remind myself to remind myself more often.

It's just cool to do something different and branch out and dabble in different genres.

It's very important to have a good song - one where you can strip away all the production and just play it on guitar or at the piano. It has to hold its own. That's why I've put videos online with acoustic versions of my songs, so you can hear them in their original form.