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It all started with social media, building a fan base via Tumblr and YouTube, doing covers, and releasing a project with original music. Labels started to peel interest then. It was around the same time I was applying for college.

When it comes to dance hall music, I definitely listened to a lot of Vybz Kartel growing up or Gyptian and Mavado.

It may sound corny and cliche, but there was a time - and there are still times even today - when I feel lost or confused, and I question if I'm doing the right things. Then I look at my fans, and I listen to music, and I'm reminded that this is my destiny.

Music says the things that people don't say or are afraid to say, and that's the best part about it for me.

That's where people go wrong in the music industry: they get all these fancy things and think that they deserve them, but they really haven't done anything to earn them yet.

I've been through a heartbreak and seen the business side of the music industry. Now I see things clearer.

My objective is to master classical and modern music eventually.

I like - I actually love classical music very much.

I really first got interested in music on a little bit of a deeper level maybe around sixth or seventh grade. I joined the middle school band.

A lot of writers don't know what it feels like to get on stage. They don't understand the weight that songs can carry. I got a chance to play all these shows. I got a chance to define myself through music, so when it comes to helping other people figure out what they should say, I've been through it.

Before anything else, my favorite thing as a fan of music was to make up my own story as to what it means.

For me, as a kid desperate to make music, I thought the only way I could do it was to try to be a superstar - which is a fun thing to be, but it can be exhausting and degrading.

In some ways, it's more rewarding to hear someone interpret a piece of music that you're a part of.

I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it was like a weird novelty act.

I think the reason I've been able to keep making music is because I'm not married, I don't have kids.

I make music and I can't stop. It's a compulsion and an obsession and a curse.

My music - that's the one area I won't let myself be pushed around. But in other parts of my life, I'm a confused mess.

Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because people aren't buying records anymore.

If I have to work in McDonalds, fine - I had a really great run and made a living at music for 20 years, and how many other people can say that?

What does it mean to a person whose identity is very wrapped up in the music she makes, if her worth is measured by how many records she sells?

The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids.