Gabriella Wilson

“I wanted it to be about the music, so maintaining that is kind of difficult. But it's something I found made the most sense because it's about the music at the end of the day. That's what I'm most passionate about.”

“I've learned a lot about myself through my music and the way people perceive it, and the goal is for the success not to change me.”

“Some people, they make these assumptions before they even listen to the music.”

“As a person, I'm just trying to be better than I was yesterday and continue to elevate.”

“My parents have very different tastes. They exposed me to so many different things. I represent both sides.”

“I've always been kind of a loner.”

“I learned anything can go wrong on tour, still, you have to put on the best show you can.”

“I'm so thankful that at this point, even if you see my face or know who I am, it doesn't matter, because you already love the music.”

“It's a great thing to hear people putting me up to this standard and putting me on this pedestal and expecting greatness from me, but at the end of the day, I'm just trying to be a better me as an artist musically.”

“I have to keep doing me. I have to not look at what everybody else is doing, or what everybody else thinks should be happening right now.”

“It's one thing to be able to sing well, but another to be an artist and find your own voice within music. And that's what the goal was for me in my teenage years. I had to find myself.”

“One of the first CDs I ever bought was Alicia Keys's 'MTV Unplugged' album. That album is the one I would take home and listen to on my Walkman, in my room, before I had an iPod. I learned most of the songs on piano.”

“I wanted people to just accept the music for what it is without any judgement and being anonymous was the best way to do that.”

“I'm huge on the dynamic of my show and the experience, not just performing songs. It's important to me to make sure that people experience every song, and feel like I'm singing directly to them. Your eyes never want to leave the stage because there's always something happening.”

“My dad had a cover band. They would rehearse in my living room while my mom was pregnant.”

“We live in an era of social media. We care more about looks, popularity and followers than about real music. And I wanted to get away from that.”

“I always say that my music is my diary. It's very personal to me.”

“My dad and I would perform around the Bay Area where I'm from in California together, and I also did talent shows growing up, I loved it.”

“It's not a popularity contest to me. It should always be about the music.”

“I really just wanted it to be about the music, and get away from, 'Who is she with?' and 'What is she wearing?'”