"Good things take time."
"I'd rather have quality over quantity. It's about perfecting each song and making sure it's what you want to do. And then even with what I share it's all very strategic."
"I don't like to rush things."
"I'm a perfectionist and I want everything to be amazing every single show."
"People are gonna listen to the music whether or not I reveal myself."
"Whether you know who I am or not, you don't really know who I am."
"Being anonymous, I thought I'd just release the music and see what happens organically."
"I would not be able to sleep at night and I would practice my Grammys speech. That was definitely me."
"It's really powerful to have a strong base that genuinely loves the music and plays it over and over again."
"A lot of women need to know that they don't have to conform, they don't have to take no for an answer."
"As a black woman, I've always had to work hard to earn my respect as a musician - and as a young woman, too. As a writer, in certain sessions or certain rooms people think, 'Who's kid is this? Who's this little girl?' I've had to prove myself."
"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."
"I was almost afraid to speak on the things I've dealt with as a woman."
"I really just wanted it to be about the music, and get away from, 'Who is she with?' and 'What is she wearing?'"
"I want people to feel the emotion, try to relate to the way that I look or want to be like me in the way that I'm living or whatever."
"Throughout my teenage years or whatever, I've been so uncomfortable, or I've made mistakes and I've felt like I'm the only one who has done that."
"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 don't want people to love my music because of what I look like or who I know or whatever."
"Some people, they make these assumptions before they even listen to the music."
"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."
"Sometimes it's all about hype, and I didn't want hype."
"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."
"Music was all around me from the time I came into the world."
"My parents have very different tastes. They exposed me to so many different things. I represent both sides."
"My dad had a cover band. They would rehearse in my living room while my mom was pregnant."
