“Pirate was going to be my middle name, but then my uncle had a problem with it because pirates are bad.”

I always want to create and do things, or draw.

There are alway going to be bad things. But you can write it down and make a song out of it.

Lyrics are so important, but they’re really underrated.

There are people who are afraid of successful women, and that’s so lame.

When I write, I try to become different characters.

I think of most songs that way – if you can’t dance to a song, it’s not a song.

I don’t want people at my shows to come out and say, ‘I just saw a cool show.’ I want them to say, ‘I had fun at the show.’

Beyonce and Rihanna Dance really cool.

The word ‘artist’ means so many different things, and I feel like to be a real one, you really have to do it all.

It’s rare for anyone to value the opinions of a teenage girl.

I work with my brother Finneas, and he produces all of my music in his little bedroom in our house.

I’ve always been a singer. I never really decided I was gonna be a singer. It just kind of – I just sung a lot.

I go through a lot of depression, and I know other people do, too, but I have an outlet that so many people don’t.

If I love you was a promise, would you break it if you’re honest?

What inspires me about rap is that it’s written in an almost poetic way. I just think it’s so cool.

I don’t belong to anyone, but everybody knows my name.