Always be kind, but kindness doesn't mean that you have to not say what you think.
I remember I asked my mom for a ukulele, and she said no because she thought I would never play it. So then I got my birthday money up, and I bought my own. It was the most rebellious thing I've ever done.
I had a lot of those fake friends. You just have to realize it's happening. You can't get caught up in the 'Oh, my God, they want to be my friend, finally' aspect.
I've accomplished so much, have done so many projects, and have worked with such amazing people.
I do school online. My favorite thing to do with school is to finish things and then watch it go away, especially when I am working on a laptop.
The world is unpredictable.
Record labels and producers are not looking to change you: they are looking to make a star. And what they might think is a star may not be you.
I'm obsessed with Lorde. Oh my gosh. I'm always listening to Lorde. Her music is so powerful.
I've become a ukulele hoarder.
I think everyone has music inside them, and my hope is that I can help them find it.
My advice for someone just learning the ukulele would be to have fun with it and not take anything too seriously. Some songs that I think are great for beginners would be, 'House of Gold,' 'Riptide,' and 'I Don't Know My Name.'
What I think is cool about Fender, and what originally drew me to them, was the Fender electric guitar headstock, which I've never seen on another ukulele. I feel like a rock star when I'm tuning it.
If you will forever remember me as the girl from 'America's Got Talent,' that's cool, 'cause I am. If you wanna look into me and what I've done recently, that's cool, too.
Every time I do something or release something or announce a new project, there's always that fear that it won't go well.
I think you need to figure out your balance. 'Cause if you think too much about that there's people around and - and how you're singing and looking and performing, I think that it won't be a good performance. Then, on the other hand, you can't just be in your own world.
I play the saxophone, and I used to play the piano.
'Famous' is a very weird word. I feel like - I feel like that's definitely not me.
I started writing once I got the ukulele.
Probably my sister was the only one to tell me that I was good singer until 'America's Got Talent.'
I love colors, but I also love rich sounds. And I feel like when it comes to colored ukuleles, people assume they're cheap or that they'll have a tinny sound. And I feel like it would be really beautiful to have a rich color but also to have a rich sound.
