Musician

In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting, and it's only making me better.

Nothing really scares me anymore.

It might crush a lot of people, but I've never been in the room with an artist that I've written a song for.

I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.

It's tough hearing your voice on the radio, on a chorus, and knowing that people think it's another artist.

I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'

I was very obsessed with my music, and I think that, as a young girl, I really wanted to get into this business, and I don't think my parents really knew how to protect me.

I just respect Kanye as an artist.

It's weird to me when an artist comes in, and the label says, 'We want him to sound like Chris Brown,' but he says he wants to sound like Sean Paul. There's a huge disconnect - it's like we're making a product.

We don't walk around wearing candy stuff all day or colorful stuff. It's like, I walk around wearing black.

What you start learning is that to get over a breakup, you kind of have to live through the emotions and not run away from it because then it lasts longer.

I view myself as a male artist.

It's one thing if you write a song and somebody else sings it because you give the OK. But if your voice is on something and you don't get the credit, it's kind of hard.

I just want to be a little more real. Maybe I'm a little bit darker than others.

I write all of my songs from scratch, so the one thing I love about EDM is the way a song transforms into a piece of art, and how the different sounds can change the feel of the record.

We just recently saw Bruno Mars at the Hollywood Bowl, and he was incredible.

I love what TLC did with the baggy pants. I love a lot of throwbacks.

I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.

If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.

I want to release six songs, let people listen to those, let them chill for a second, do a tour, release another six songs, chill for a second and then take my favorite four, put them on the album, and add some more.