I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.
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I obviously have a different connection to each song in a different way, and they all mean something different to me.
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I always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
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I’ve had a lot of people come up to me after shows and tell me that “Dollhouse” really helped them with whatever they were going through with their families. I thought that was really amazing, that it could mean one thing for me but another thing for someone else.
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I’m pretty excited for people to listen to the story of each song. It’s definitely like a giant book with different stories in it. They are all very child-like but also a balance between light and dark.
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Dollhouse was definitely inspired by the whole Edward Scissorhands vibe where all of the houses are perfect, but inside each home there are very messed up families.
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Life boils down to two paths, love and fear. Which will you choose?
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I think honestly when I was younger I use to love going to carnivals in Long Island. I use to love carnival season; I would drive to every town going to carnivals. That was definitely a favorite memory.
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There is a certain level of patience you have to have with yourself to get to the finish line.
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I’m glad I got to introduce myself to America by doing a Britney [Spears] song, haha!
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I’m not used to writing about happy emotions, I’m just used to pulling from my sad or angry – happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music.
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I’m probably the most proud of “Mrs. Potato Head,” because I had that idea in my head for so long, and I tried writing that song one time and I just couldn’t tell the story the way I wanted to, and I couldn’t figure it out.
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I was always hard on myself for taking things too personally.
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I love Nicoletta Ceccoli , and I love Tim Burton movies. So those are like my biggest inspirations I think.
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I definitely fall in love quickly, and I’m very in love with being in love. But it is hard for me to write about love.
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There are obviously so many artists that are very inspiring, but I can’t say that they like – that I have someone in mind that is like a creative direction of where I want to go as an artist. I think I’m just doing my own thing.
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