being fearless doesn't mean you have no fears. it means you're strong enough to face them

In recent years, you've probably read the articles about major recording artists who have decided to practically give their music away, for this promotion or that exclusive deal. My hope for the future, not just in the music industry, but in every young girl I meet...is that they all realize their worth and ask for it.

Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind.

The only thing I can't control is the spin in the press. And so if I know I can't control that, I have to let it go.

I felt like my favorite writers have almost musical hooks in their work, whether it's poetry or a hook at the end of a chapter that makes you want to read the next one. And I think that my favorite writers definitely have something musical about what they do, in saying something so relatable and universal and so simple.

I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons.

I've always strived to be successful, not famous.