When your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways.

When your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways.

Singing was more of a hobby, and I was terrified of anyone's opinions. The only reason I kept doing it was because people responded positively, and if they hadn't I don't really know if I'd feel the same. I'm not into fighting for people's affections.

I’ve kissed death a thousand times before

I wear boxers all the time. I don't really move like a girl. I mean, unless it's time for me to get dressed or something.

I want people to get out of that nasty habit of needing a label. Every genre for each song is different.

My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you've ever met. They're very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way.