I think, being emotional is this thing that people think you’re not strong. They don’t look at you as a strong person, and it’s weird ‘cuz honestly being emotional has nothing to do with your strength.
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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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It’s like visual is super important to me. So if I am writing a song, like, I have to have the title.
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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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There are a lot of people who go their whole lives without truly knowing what love is, or ever experiencing that.
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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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Eventually I realized that Cry Baby was a character that was based off of me, and that we had a lot of similarities.
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I definitely have worked trying to create music that inspires girls to feel confident and strong, and feel like they can do anything.
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If I don’t see a music video to it while writing it, I just scrap it immediately. It’s very visual.
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On the show [the Voice] I obviously wasn’t allowed [singing my own original music], because it’s not that type of show. I think it’s really cool that I get to do my own thing now.
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Had to retrieve the key to my heart, Let these roses represent how it all fell apart.
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It’s very hard to be an artist, on my first album, and I’m like asking for money for a music video for every song – it’s so hard to do. You have to pick your battles for sure, but I definitely want – and I’ve always worked to make it all connect – for all of it to feel cohesive.
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I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.
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I was always hard on myself for taking things too personally.
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When I create it is the only time the past, present and future all meet me at once.
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Found euphoria in the comfort of my own home.
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