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I feel like since I was 27, I was calling myself 30. And then, when it happened, it was like, 'I'm finally here now. This is it. ”

I did a lot of choral music in high school, and that was kind of my primary, stable outlet for music because I didn't feel comfortable being a soloist. It was a cool, safe space for me musically. ”

There's a certain type of indie fan who would balk at the prospect of there being value in pop music, but I think that's foolish. They're not really listening. ”

When I was twelve or thirteen, if you liked something that was outside of your friend group genre, you had to rationalize and explain it in some way. It's totally irrelevant, I think, now. I don't think anybody cares. Not young people, at least. Maybe journalists. ”

In the '90s, it was cool to just like R&B. But I liked Nirvana and stuff, too. ”

I always thought I was depressive, and I only recently realized that I have more of an anxiety disorder than chronic depression. ”

I've never been to a psychiatrist so have never gotten to the point where I could be formally diagnosed with any disorder. But I definitely have anxiety. ”

I have a master's in psychology, and depression and anxiety are considered to be cyclical. ”

When I released my first record, I was really in the middle of having made the decision to follow the clinical psychology path, which is competitive, rigorous, and fairly conservative. ”

My mom is the type of mom who wonders why I haven't used my psychology degree to become a successful clinical psychologist. ”