Quotes from Gabriella Wilson

I'm a sneaker girl, but I like to make comfort fancy.

I write about other people's experiences from time to time.

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.

As an artist, you're very sensitive about your art. And you feel like, 'Am I doing the right thing? Am I making the right music?'

I never really thought of myself as someone who was gifted.

Good things take time.

I remember being really, really young and watching Prince and Michael Jackson concert DVDs. One of my favorites is Prince's 'Rave Un2 The Year 2000.'

All the gossip - I'm not about that at all. The drama.

After I graduated from high school, I was like, let's see what happens. I took the time to develop my artistry and my songs, and tried to figure out who I am and what my message is.

I would not be able to sleep at night and I would practice my Grammys speech. That was definitely me.

I definitely study the greats.

I plan on donating a bunch of guitars to different schools around the country. There could be a new Slash out there, there could be a new Lenny Kravitz.

My dad and I used to play Prince, Lauryn Hill, Stevie Wonder, The Parliaments, and a lot of older funk bands while cooking breakfast in the morning.

I used to tell people when I was 15 or 16 that I'd never be that girl who goes through this, gets her heart broken, falls for this guy, but I ended up being her.

You can't avoid heartbreak, you can't avoid a lot of things. You have to go through them in order to become the person you're going to be.

I've been singing love songs since I was a toddler, I was singing Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and even Alicia Keys song, that helped my writing so much.

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

Being anonymous, I thought I'd just release the music and see what happens organically.

Through the music, you can pretty much tell what I've been through and what I've accepted. And releasing it has made me realize I'm not alone in it, because of the reactions I've been getting.

I will say about my fans, from day one they've been listening and are still listening to my projects on repeat.

Sometimes it's all about hype, and I didn't want hype.

Black culture, to me, is so important and I identify with young black women.

I think people often tend to listen to music with their eyes and not their ears, and I just wanted my work to shine, and to be able to convey my message without imagery taking away from that.

People have always tried to imitate, but at the end of the day, no one can do me better than I can do me, you know?