Mitski is an influence to me as a writer.

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It's good to try and stay humble and down to earth, despite media and social media.

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I went through a lot of maturing in a year or two. I left all my best friends, and I didn't really want to make new friends, so I spent a lot of time inside just being depressed.

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Sadly, you can't just pretend that you haven't seen the creepy things that people have said about you. It's something that gets in your brain.

your you brain people

Social media being used to discover new artists is great. There's not a barrier to enter the industry. People can just post music and share it. And if it's good enough, and people like it, it will grow.

good social-media music people

I thought that I wouldn't be able to make it because I'm a girl, but I think it was just a subconscious feeling. Pretty much every gig I went to was a band with four dudes.

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I've played music since I was six, and I always wrote songs just for myself. I did it for fun, posting songs on Tumblr, Bandcamp, and Soundcloud. I didn't think anyone would notice.

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I have more of a soccer dad. He was always the one taking us to sports practice.

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I'm a huge fan of Joni Mitchell, and I think her music has inspired me lyrically and guitar-wise.

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It's really cathartic to play my songs live. I'm a really non-confrontational person, so my songs are kind of like all the things I never get to say to anyone.

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I think a lot of women could be making great music but still don't feel like they're capable - in fact, I know that's the case for a lot of young girls who try to do music.

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It's hard for me to see myself as meaningful, but people seem to like my music, so who knows. Maybe my music is empowering some more young women to pick up songwriting/playing.

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'Still Clean' discusses the hopelessness of waiting for someone who's abandoned you.

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I feel like a crazy person all the time, and I feel like people are watching me, and I feel paranoid.

me crazy time people

I definitely learned stuff like advancing a show, what percentage I should be paid, what's going be in a contract I'm going sign.

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I don't really idolize artists.

really artists

It hasn't been a conscious thing, like, 'I don't want to listen to a bunch of dudes,' but I genuinely like music by women better.

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'Under My Skin' was the first CD I ever owned.

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The summer after high school, I got a TASCAM because I had been writing a lot and thought it would be cool if I recorded stuff not just on my phone.

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When I released 'Songs From My Bedroom'... that's the one that people started actually listening to.

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It's not an easy thing to manage - school and being in a band.

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