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Flannel shirts, denim, Converse, a guitar, messy hair? That's literally me.
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YouTube is my first love.
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I wasn't even popular at school.
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I always find power in struggles. You end up a lot happier that way.
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I had a fairly regular childhood. I was a pretty boring kid. I didn't do much. I was always thinking, but I didn't really say a lot.
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As a young girl, I'm always going to have to work a bit harder to prove myself; that's just reality. But having to work harder makes me feel like girls are stronger, too.
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I don't know how to talk to people I don't know.
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Talent is talent, but fashion is separate, and it shouldn't be used to judge me as a singer.
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I would love to host 'Saturday Night Live.' That's one of my goals in life - just putting that out there. I don't know if I'm funny enough, but we'll see.
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Every time I sing, it it's a reminder to myself that I have to be confident.
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I never really necessarily liked being quiet.
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My family is from the south of Italy in this little place called Calabria. It's a big part of my family, the Italian culture. I grew up around it. My parents speak Italian, and I speak Italian.
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As long as each song makes somebody feel something, I think that's the point of it all. I don't want it to just be background music, you know?
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I think that my music is really empowering. I just want people to know - especially young people, but really everyone - that you don't have to be so caught up in what everyone else is thinking. You don't have to be the coolest, most popular person. You can just be you and be vulnerable.
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I never thought I'd have a career because of YouTube.
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I wanted to get through high school anonymously.
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It's so cool though when I see thirty-year-old men that are coming in to watch my shows. It's like, 'You really like my music? Like a teenage girl, you relate to it?' It just proves how much people are alike.
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I'm here to make music; I'm not here be a fashion model.
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I would never wear anything because someone told me to.
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The biggest critics are in the comments online. People are so judgmental of me. It's like, 'Why is she wearing this?' or 'Why isn't she wearing that?' or 'Why does she talk like that?' That's the worst because they're judging for no reason.
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I first picked up a guitar when I was ten years old; my parents surprised me with it for my tenth birthday. I started taking lessons when I was thirteen, but only for a few months, and then I just kept teaching myself.
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The definition of being a feminist is equality, and if you're not a feminist at this point, then what are you really promoting?
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Ninety per cent of my family are hairdressers, and the other 10% are construction workers.
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I really want to speak for young women, especially because I feel like we're constantly brainwashed in everyday life.