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I say everything and I do whatever I want to do. I'm just me. The polished version of me, I suppose, because I have on clothes and makeup. But emotionally, I am very on the surface.

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I decided that instead of apologizing for having a lot to say, I wanted to create a format where people would come to hear me sing and speak.
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I cant control everything, and I dont need to
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Strength, courage & wisdom...it's been inside of me all along.
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Over the years, I was doing what I loved to do, which is my music. But it was always a bit distorted, because I was doing the music in the way other people around me were telling me it should be done.
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I think it's OK that everyone's not real heavy and wordy and heady.
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I heard a voice that told me I'm essential. How all my fears are limiting my potential. Said it's time to step into the light and use every bit of power i have inside.
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You hear people sing songs about when they really can't stand anyone anymore or you hear people sing songs about when they really love someone and they really love them.
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I'm passionate about the empowerment and healing of girls and women. Where I do the most work in that regard is in my songwriting.
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When it comes down to the song writing, I'm just very slow - very slow. Because the songs are about my life, so I'm doing emotional work on myself. As I'm writing these songs, I have to learn these lessons and dig real deep into my heart to write this stuff.
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Any time someone is passionate about a cause, it's because they want to heal something inside of themselves.
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The difference between living and feeling alive, is using your fear as fuel to fly.
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Because of what I've chosen to do for my work in the world, almost every time that there's something that I'm afraid to do that I need to do, I have to do it in front of other people. It makes me feel exposed.
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Everybody has their own path. I got mine.
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Chaos isn't good for your health.
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Your work is to find healing. And I find, for me, it's a little bit at a time, and eventually it's barely there. And the journey is finding what works for you and doing it.
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Tolerance is the seed, and the gift of pure acceptance is the tree
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In reality, on the grand scale, in my opinion... we are actually all responsible for each other.
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I have, my whole life, been healing the girl inside, the part of me that struggles about being a female in the world. That's why I write about the things I write about.
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Some people just don't like to be their self. I'm always looking, analyzing myself.
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