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"Every single note on this album is there for a reason."
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"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die."

"No emotion is, in itself, a judgement; in that sense all emotions and sentiments are alogical. but they can be reasonable or unreasonable as they conform to Reason or fail to conform. The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it."

"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into."

"It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it."

"But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes."

"If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose."

"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason."

"Warner Bros offered me the next Batman, and the only reason that I didn't do it was because of The Saint."

"The only reason to invest in the market is because you think you know something others don't."
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"I work hard and I will always work hard. But I feel very lucky with the way that it has all come together."


"And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about."


"Writing this record let me recapture who I am. It is summed up in the title Be Not Nobody. You need to feel comfortable in your skin and do whatever you need to do for yourself, to heal or to grow."


"My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in."


"Well, I would say that music just happens with me, I'm not in the driver's seat when I am at the piano, the piano is."


"Toting around a full orchestra on tour is very ambitious. I would consider doing a show now and then, like do a show at Radio City or Carnegie Hall with a full orchestra."


"Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop."


"I had no album title, and the album is like a journey in that it's a complete body of work. It's not just a couple of catchy songs and filler, so I felt that I needed to capture the essence of the album."


"I have gone from being a 21-year-old with wide eyes to a 24-year-old woman. With success comes a lot of responsibility and power."


"I am always drawn to men that are funny. I do not know why. But I am always drawn to people that are struggling with parts of themselves... But it's like in the end, there has to be confidence."
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