"I work with my brother Finneas, and he produces all of my music in his little bedroom in our house. We actually tried renting out a studio for a month when we were producing 'Don't Smile at Me,' but it was really hard there, and we ended up just doing it at home anyway."

"Writing music is just like writing a book."

"If it's good music, it's good music."

"I never thought a career as a musician was possible."

"I don't think a song should be put in a category."

"Lyrics are so important, but they're really underrated."

"I've always done whatever I want and always been exactly who I am."

"When I was four, I wrote a song about falling into a black hole."

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

"Smiling makes me feel weak and not in control and not powerful and small."

"Sexism is everywhere, bro. I don't know if it's ever not somewhere."

"Aside from singing, I'm also a dancer. I've been dancing since I was 8."

"I've always liked being busy. If I have nothing to do for a week, it just makes me mad."

"I always wanted to be a Vine star. I wasn't, thank God."

"In real life, I'm a really smiley person. I smile when I talk and I laugh."

"I have so many designs and video ideas and lyrics in my head, so I always try to be productive."

"I had a period in my life where I decided that I would never be bored again and that, if I had any free time at all, I would make plans, and I would always be doing things. It actually was great for a year or so, but then I lost all of my friends."

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

"I play piano and ukulele, and I taught myself those things just because I wanted to play them."

"I don't even call them fans. I don't like that. They're literally just a part of my life; they're a part of my family. I don't think of them as on a lower level than me. I don't think I'm anything but equal to all of them. So yeah, they're basically all of my siblings."

"When I do have free time, I spend it with friends, or I spend it at home writing or making something."

"Sometimes it's flattering when people copy you, but sometimes it gets to a breaking point."

"It's really fun to put yourself into a character - into shoes you wouldn't normally be in."

"I used to make little movies when I was younger. I'd make my friends be in them and then edit them."