A lot of people ask me, 'How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?' It's because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they're gonna say no to you, at least they're gonna be polite about it.

The little I am exposed to hurts my feelings. The only things I can really control are my songs and my behavior. The rest? If I focused on it, that would lead to insanity.

I daydreamed that when you grow up there are more bullies and how wonderful that would be if it were true, but, it's not.

There's more to life than dating the boy on the football team.

In the future, artists will get record deals because they have fans-not the other way around...The only memento 'kids these days' want is a selfie. It's part of the new currency, which seems to be 'how many followers you have on Instagram'.

Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you.

I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.