I owe a lot to my parents, because they kept no genre off limits. Music was always playing in the house. They never told me to be quiet, turn the music down or anything like that. So I felt pretty free and experimental as a kid to kind of figure out my own voice.

Tori Kelly

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Everyone in life has a purpose, and nobody's purpose is better th... by Tori Kelly

Everyone in life has a purpose, and nobody's purpose is better than anyone else's

purpose

The way you live your life depends on you. by Tori Kelly

The way you live your life depends on you.

depends live-your-life way

when you're so happy that you have to close your eyes when you smile so that your eyes don't jump out of your head

eye

My parents say that I was singing before I could talk. I personally remember specific moments at three or four when music was playing literally all over the house.

singing parent house

The good thing about my fans is that they like when I'm awkward and real, so I'm able to just go on stage and be my dorky self.

awkward real self

I wanna run, i wanna stay. hold every piece, so it won't break. by Tori Kelly

I wanna run, i wanna stay. hold every piece, so it won't break.

pieces break running

If you're at the top, then brace for the fall. by Tori Kelly

If you're at the top, then brace for the fall.

braces ifs fall

Songwriting never gets old. There's always stuff to write about. by Tori Kelly

Songwriting never gets old. There's always stuff to write about.

songwriting stuff writing

My performance kind of came naturally this time around because I really wanted it to be about the music first, of course I know the song, because I've been performing it for so long, but I really just wanted it to be about the song and the music, nothing too crazy stage-wise, at least with props and stuff like that. I wanted to focus on the simplicity of the music and strip it back.

entertainment

I think with my journey so far, it never felt like an overwhelming, overnight success story. I think that's good for me because I really got to take my time.

good me journey success

My style is understated because everything I wear, I want it to have an effortless feel to it. I always want to be comfortable in my clothes and feel like myself, but I like to usually throw in some edge in there somewhere, even just with a leather jacket. But overall, always gotta keep it classy!

feel myself clothes style

I would like to be somebody young people, young girls, can look u... by Tori Kelly

I would like to be somebody young people, young girls, can look up to.

like look young people

'Funny' is really cool live. You break it down into an acoustic set, and sometimes I'll do that one unplugged and off the mic, depending on the venue.

cool you sometimes funny

Gospel was the root of everything in my house, so there's a touch of that in everything that I do. If soul counts as a genre, I would also say that's the common thread throughout everything I do. There's rock and soul influence, too. The pop element comes at the very end and making the song catchy so people will remember it.

soul song remember people

The first time I worked out I almost threw up. I did not feel good at all. My friend said, 'You have to get past the first month, you're going to feel so much better.' And she was right: After about 30 or 40 days, I saw changes.

good you time past

Why do we even use hashtags? It's just like a sub-thought. Who cl... by Tori Kelly

Why do we even use hashtags? It's just like a sub-thought. Who clicks on hashtags? Nobody.

why nobody just like

People will come up to me at shows and tell me that a song touched them in a completely different way than I wrote it. That's fun. Fans translating it in their own way.

me song people way

I use this brand called Ouidad; they're great. Not Your Mother's is another one. Garnier Fructis. I use a bunch of stuff. Literally, I just throw a huge concoction of stuff in my hair after I get out of the shower, and then I diffuse it.

your great mother hair

It's so important to me to take care of my voice. I do a lot of vocal warms-ups right before I go on.

me care voice important

I think in 2016 I'm going to focus on performing a lot more and doing as many shows as I can. There's plans to tour more, and that's where my heart is - doing the live shows.

live think focus heart