Quotes from Sabrina Claudio

When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were too mature for my age!

I've always had a maturity within my writing.

Flowers are just a natural thing in my life. I gravitate towards them so much, just in every video that I do, every visual, for some reason, flowers are incorporated.

The visual for 'Holding The Gun' is a love story. It's about a ride or die and unapologetic type of love and a kind of loyalty that only comes once in a lifetime.

When it comes to creation, I am open. However, I am extremely picky when it comes to who I create with.

I'm not a bug person, but something about butterflies I can handle because they're kind of cute.

I like to put people in their feelings.

I'm Cuban and Puerto Rican and Miami is very Cuban oriented. Growing up around the music - all of the salsa and meringue influenced me as an artist. I find myself gravitating to latin influences, sounds.

I went through a gothic phase at one point. All black: black lipstick, purple lipstick. It was very weird, and then I went through a phase where I wore shoes with no less than a three-inch platform.

There's such a theme when it comes to Christmas, and we're so used to hearing that theme over and over in different ways with the classic Christmas songs.

No Rain, No Flowers' is an inside look into my journey of healing and growth.

Becoming an artist and finding my way, I did kind of veer off into different genres and none of them ever fit.

I'm not the happiest when it comes to my music.

By letting go of my fears and concerns, I've gained so much happiness and freedom. With that freedom I've also gained confidence.

I wrote 'Truth Is' with Julia Michaels during our first time working together. The song is about emotions we often think of but are afraid to voice - the feelings we try to convince ourselves we don't actually feel.

Before moving to L.A., I was working with a lot of people who were manipulating me, where they either wanted to put things out immediately or didn't - I was on everybody else's time frame. But once I was on my own, I was like, 'You know what? I'm going to do this right and take my time, and I'll put things out only when I'm ready.'

There was a lot of disappointment and rejection that came really early in my life, until I had to change my mindset and become even stronger.

I did 'Oh Holy Night,' which is one that I grew up listening to because I was in choir in high school and we would do Christmas concerts and competitions every year.

Rain symbolizes darkness but also represents an essential part of rebirth.

Everything is tough when you're just starting out in this industry, because there's a lot of shady people out there. So finding the right people is the toughest thing.

I work on my own music every day. I'm pretty much always working on it so it's like, after I get out the studio, I just want silence.

I'm an extremely introverted and isolated writer, but I was starting to feel exhausted and as if my writing was becoming redundant. As much as it was a silly fear of mine, I began opening myself up to other writers and it was the best decision I could've made for my art.

I'm usually most inspired when I finish performing and traveling.

I'm not a fashion person, but I would describe my style as very neutral. I love a good silk slip.