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.

My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion.

I'm intrigued and drawn to people who know exactly who they are, who know what they want, who live life on their own terms.

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

The difference between a good song and a great song is a good song is one that you know, you'll put on in your car or you'll dance to it. But I think a great song you'll cry to it, or you get chills. I think a great song says how you feel better than you could.

(Talks about a school production) 'There was one solo; but it was a guy. It was this character called 'Freddy Fast Talk' and it was the bad guy. I didn't care, I was like I will dress up like a guy, I want to sing that song. And so I remembered we drew on eyebrows, and I had like a moustache,and we put all my hair up in this hat. So I dressed like a guy and sang the solo.

I'm not concerned with people seeing me in a certain way. Some people see me as a kid, some people see me as an adult. But I'm seriously not going to complain how anybody sees me, as long as they see me.