All the gossip - I'm not about that at all. The drama.

I want people to feel the emotion, try to relate to the way that I look or want to be like me in the way that I'm living or whatever.

When I was a little bitty kid, I was listening to the stuff my parents were listening to. My mom was a huge Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige fan. My dad had a cover band that I sang with, and he loved Parliament, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton, the blues, James Brown.

The studio is the place for me to really confront my feelings and get it all out. I love being in that space and creating, doing what I love, making art.

Music was all around me from the time I came into the world.

People are gonna listen to the music whether or not I reveal myself.

Living my truth was very hard - I felt vulnerable.

I don't know if I have a favorite part of being an artist. I do love being onstage and performing with my band. I also love rehearsing with them and creating the show, that's always a fun part. But there's also nothing like being in the studio and being able to get back to myself and get back to my feelings.

I'm really about this women empowerment thing.

Giving, making an impact on people is something I definitely got from my mother.

I love BTS, their music is good, but they always support me.

You can't avoid heartbreak, you can't avoid a lot of things. You have to go through them in order to become the person you're going to be.

A lot of women need to know that they don't have to conform, they don't have to take no for an answer.

People at school knew I sang and that this was what I was gonna do, but I was pretty private and low-key.

I used to tell people when I was 15 or 16 that I'd never be that girl who goes through this, gets her heart broken, falls for this guy, but I ended up being her.

When you're growing up as a young woman, you develop all of these insecurities, and then there's boys and all of that stuff on top of that.

I've become a voice for young women who are growing up and uncomfortable being vulnerable, uncomfortable with changes, heartbreak - and becoming jaded.

All of my music is based off my life experiences.

As an artist, you're very sensitive about your art. And you feel like, 'Am I doing the right thing? Am I making the right music?'

I wanted it to be about the music, so maintaining that is kind of difficult. But it's something I found made the most sense because it's about the music at the end of the day. That's what I'm most passionate about.

I guess 16, 17, 18, that whole period was a dark time for me. I guess it was a hormonal thing, going through all those changes as a young woman, learning who you are and being comfortable with yourself, and also, which goes along with that, boys. It was definitely an unhappy, 'Who am I?' period. 'Who am I gonna be?'

Before anybody knew who I was, I was just working on what I love and having fun with it, and I'm sticking with that - because, ultimately, that's what people want to see.

I learned anything can go wrong on tour, still, you have to put on the best show you can.

I like to pair clothes or accessories that wouldn't usually go together.