Olivia Rodrigo

“So, when I listen to songs I'll like, see colors. Many songs on 'SOUR' are purple, like 'driver's license' is purple. But 'good 4 u' is like a purpley-blue, 'jealousy, jealousy' is like bright red. 'deja vu' is like orange and pink and light purple. It's like, lighter and more pastel-y.”

“I think I feel inadequate in many sorts of relationships, whether that be a work relationship or a friendship relationship.”

“I felt that a lot - since I don't look exactly like the girl next door in all these movies, I'm not attractive.”

“I'm a big dynamics girl. All my favorite music is super dynamic and gets really quiet, then really loud. I've always been drawn to stuff like that.”

“I just feel like myself when I'm writing. If I don't do it, I get depressed.”

“I don't know why I cannot see any movie that was made before 1970. My brain just doesn't compute.”

“I always say that I never had a normal high school experience. I've always been homeschooled because I've been working.”

“I mean, I never want to say who any of my songs are about.”

“I always say that I fall in love with artists, not songs.”

“Sometimes you just wake up and go into the studio and see what comes out of you.”

“I'm way too hard on myself and it's past the point of being productive.”

“I'm obsessed with L.A. for many reasons. Best weather. Best food. I will live and die by that. Best sushi, best Mexican food... So good. It's just amazing. Dreams come true here.”

“I love pop-punk music; I love grunge music; I love country music and folk music.”

“I love 'My Boy,' like I think that song is so genius and clever and fun.”

“One of my favorite lyrics that I've ever written is on the last track on 'SOUR' called 'Hope Ur Ok.' It's: 'I hope he took his bad deal and made a royal flush.' I really like that lyric, it's one of my faves. I think that song is really beautiful, too, as the last track on the album.”

“I think there's a lot of strength in saying: I don't know anything and I feel so insecure and unwanted.”

“I was really inspired by '90s alternative rock records with 'Sour,' especially alternative rock girls. I think the albums from that time were so brutally honest and angsty, and I wanted to make an angsty record about me growing up and going through heartbreak.”

“At the end of the day, I love making music and expressing myself and making things that inspire me. The fact that other people like it and are nominating it for Grammys and all that other stuff, it's icing on the cake.”

“You can create your own reality sometimes with social media. What you see just becomes your reality, and it's totally not at all.”

“I love looking out in the audience, and sometimes I'll see these girls and they're so young, they're seven or eight, and they're screaming these angry songs and getting so hyped up and so enraged, and I just think that's the coolest thing ever.”