It's hard to be taken seriously if you're a young, female artist making pop music; you never know how people are going to react.

Stay true to who you are, even though that sounds cliché. It's something that's important - doing what feels right for you.

I think patience is the best thing to try to embrace.

With different scenarios and different places, I think it's easier for me to get inspired; I'm seeing different things.

I feel people are seeing me as a true artist rather than a singer, or an entertainer, or a girl who just makes songs.

If I'm experiencing a different thing every day and seeing a new environment every day, it can create a different mood or different feeling.

The fact that people are embracing me so well as a new artist and being taken so seriously is something I'm really surprised by.

I feel New York is too crazy for me, especially when you go to Times Square.

I want everything, no matter what concept or genre, to feel real, because it is real. I want to keep making real music, I hope people remember me for that, that's a good thing to be remembered for.

YouTube was a way for people to hear me and for me to say, "Hey, I can sing this song, I'm not in front of you yet because I'm too shy, but here's how I sound for now."

The fact that I'm getting appreciated and praised alone is a crazy moment because I never thought it would happen.

To live intentionally implies that it is not going to be always convenient but it is what will take you to significance if you do not give up.

Thus far, the only people who can grant you immortality are not scientists, but writers. By writing you into their books, they may not only immortalize you, but also grant you superpowers.

If your looking to write a book, your creativity, originality and simplicity is what will distinguish you.

By mindfully deciding how to act in line with my values instead of mindlessly applying my rules, I was better able to make the decisions that supported my happiness.

Schoolboys are a merciless race, individually they are angels, but together, especially in schools, they are often merciless.

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.

I love romantic comedies. I have a deep respect for them. I think they're really difficult to write and write well.

Inside everyone is a great shout of joy waiting to be born.

how can one respect, let alone adopt, the values of a people who do not, on any level whatever, live the way they say they do, or the way they say they should?

One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing.