I'm so emotional when it comes to even the smallest thing.

Music is just in me and I didn't even realize it early on that I was going to do music.

I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing.

I'm all about comfort.

I was like, 'Wow, Tommy Hilfiger wants to work with little old me.' All the dots connected, we had a meeting, and everything started to come together.

Some people want the attention, some people want the spotlight, and that just wasn't it for me.

I was a kid. I would go home and play instruments, and I would be at school on the playground the next day.

Sometimes I'll just go on my piano and just start playing what I'm feeling. It all depends on what I'm feeling at the moment.

I always say that my music is my diary. It's very personal to me.

The fact that I can travel around the world doing what I love is such a blessing. I've learned that traveling is such an important thing; there's so many beautiful things out there and we get worried about such little things.

My dad had a cover band. They would rehearse in my living room while my mom was pregnant.

My parents have very different tastes. They exposed me to so many different things. I represent both sides.

I plan on donating a bunch of guitars to different schools around the country. There could be a new Slash out there, there could be a new Lenny Kravitz.

I'm so thankful that at this point, even if you see my face or know who I am, it doesn't matter, because you already love the music.

I don't want people to love my music because of what I look like or who I know or whatever.

Through the music, you can pretty much tell what I've been through and what I've accepted. And releasing it has made me realize I'm not alone in it, because of the reactions I've been getting.

I was almost afraid to speak on the things I've dealt with as a woman.

Seeing people Tweet my lyrics and really feeling for me, feeling what I'm feeling... in one of my lyrics I sing about 'the watch I just got for you,' and some girl was like, 'Yes! I bought him a watch!' I can be happy because these women feel me.

It's really powerful to have a strong base that genuinely loves the music and plays it over and over again.

I would not be able to sleep at night and I would practice my Grammys speech. That was definitely me.

Being anonymous, I thought I'd just release the music and see what happens organically.

I'm a perfectionist and I want everything to be amazing every single show.

I don't like to rush things.

My dad and I would perform around the Bay Area where I'm from in California together, and I also did talent shows growing up, I loved it.