Soccer Mommy

“A lot of music that's my favorite doesn't sound like the music I write.”

“'Your Dog' I tried to re-record at my house, like, four times after the studio recordings were done.”

“I've had so many young girls come up to me after a show and say, 'How do I start putting my music on Bandcamp?' or 'I used to play music, but I don't anymore, and I really want to start writing again.' That's just the most amazing feeling.”

“I am way too competitive! I get so crazy that I don't even care.”

“I have more of a soccer dad. He was always the one taking us to sports practice.”

“I got a toy guitar at a fundraiser and was trying to write songs with it that were ridiculous. After a week, my parents bought me a real acoustic guitar, and I started taking guitar lessons.”

“I was definitely thinking I'd go to college and make music on the side.”

“The summer after high school, I got a TASCAM because I had been writing a lot and thought it would be cool if I recorded stuff not just on my phone.”

“Being a guitarist was scary, honestly, as a girl in Nashville. It just felt like no one was gonna ask me to be in a band and play guitar, like I never was gonna get asked to do that.”

“It's really cathartic to play my songs live. I'm a really non-confrontational person, so my songs are kind of like all the things I never get to say to anyone.”

“Playing all the time keeps you on everybody's mind.”

“It's good to try and stay humble and down to earth, despite media and social media.”

“I didn't make music until I was about 18. I'd been playing my whole life, but I wasn't putting it out because I didn't feel like people would take it seriously. I thought people would be like, 'It's just like sad girl music - it's like Taylor Swift.'”

“I've played music since I was six, and I always wrote songs just for myself. I did it for fun, posting songs on Tumblr, Bandcamp, and Soundcloud. I didn't think anyone would notice.”

“I think I'm much more of a guitar-songwriter than a singer. I start with chords and then test out melodies rather than improvising over it.”

“I was totally a Bandcamp person.”

“Those reflective moments for me usually come from loneliness and separation from people.”

“It hasn't been a conscious thing, like, 'I don't want to listen to a bunch of dudes,' but I genuinely like music by women better.”

“I think all girls do struggle with image, despite not knowing what's going on with other people.”

“You're always just going to be who you are.”