Chloe Kohanski

“It was important for the first piece of original music that I release to have a timeless feel because that's the type of music I want to make.”

“Don't change who you are and it's okay to say no.”

“I think Dido's really cool. I feel like she kinda tapped in - back in the late '90s and early 2000s - she tapped into the ''90s-does-'70s' vibe.”

“I don't feel like there has ever really been anyone like me, and I'm starting to realize that. Not in a cocky way, but in a very humbling way.”

“Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna do anymore TV shows.”

“I sort of felt like being young was normally written about as being very fun and light-hearted. And I think that's true, but I don't feel like there's a lot of songs about how hard it is when you don't really know who you are or what you want, and you feel like you have to apologize for simply just existing.”

“I loved to sing my whole life, but it was never really - I don't even know how to say it. It was never presented to me as an actual career option.”

“I've always loved pop music. I've always loved indie, even electronic, even trap.”

“I think the most important thing is you need to have a very, very clear idea of who you are as an artist before you let other people tell you who you are.”

“I'm going to do anything in my power to keep creating the path that I want to go down and I want to be a part of and be involved with, and whether or not that means superstardom or making music for the rest of my life and not having to work at a coffee shop, I'm fine. I'm happy. I'm stoked for whatever opportunity arises.”

“I've got people telling me their lives have been changed in a small way because of something I did, that's crazy. That's all that matters.”

“When everybody starts out in the process of 'The Voice,' you do think about the people who have won or that have made it to the finale and what happens.”

“Everyone knows Stevie Nicks. She is mystifying. She's like a witchy woman.”

“This industry will shape you and mold you, and if you're willing to compromise yourself and let yourself change too much, then you're not really gonna know you are anymore.”

“I wasn't born in the wrong decade.”

“I know it's probably not the answer people want to hear, but if you don't get to where you want to go after 'The Voice,' I believe that's on you.”

“I never would have thought I would be able to learn as much as I did from Blake Shelton, so I want to open up the doors to working with people that might not make sense on paper, collaborating with different artists like that, because you can never stop learning. That's the most important thing.”

“I don't have the biggest range on Earth, obviously, and I feel like people give me a lot of flak for that, but I don't really claim to have a big range.”

“I can sing other people's songs all day, but I'm ready for it to be my song.”

“I just claim to do what I do, which is to sing old songs and try to make them cool.”