Quotes from Aubrie Sellers

When I was thinking of video ideas for this song, I wanted it to reflect the energy of the music and express the big eye roll that 'Sit Here and Cry' is. I had a very specific visual vision for it, and when I saw Sam Siske's reel, I knew he was going to get it.

I think my music is a little shocking to some people because my voice is very traditional-sounding, and my music is not.

A lot of the songs are very rock-oriented. My voice makes them country, and a lot of people think that is a strange combination... I think it creates something different and unique.

On my debut album, I wrote a lot about women and their roles in society.

I tend to write from a personal place, and most of the time when I'm writing by myself, it's coming from something I've experienced.

I want a long-lasting career. I want to build up a fan base that will come to my shows and love me no matter if I have a song on the radio or not.

I prefer to create friction. Because if you're not pushing buttons, you're just making something pleasant; it's probably been done before, and it's not making anyone feel anything.

Sometimes I'll meet somebody, and they've looked me up online or whatever, and they've never heard me talk or met me. I think they expect me to be a lot darker than I am and maybe less - not less friendly - but I guess I'm drawn to that dark emotional music. Maybe they think I'm a little more brooding.

Steve Earle had a mainstream career. Dwight Yoakam had a mainstream career. Willie Nelson did. But they always made good music, they always stuck to who they were. They weren't relying on radio like a lot of people are in Nashville.

I was born in Nashville, but my whole family is from East Texas, so I consider myself a dual citizen.

I think that soul, to me, is the theme of music that I connect with.

My record's all electric, and that's why I call it 'garage country.'

It is like therapy to write and have people connect with it. That's the kind of music I connect with most.

I had all these raw, gritty rock records that really inspired me sonically, and so I think everything I listen to when I started writing my own songs kind of came out naturally, and it created this new sound.

The drums are very trashy: it's all electric, it's very in your face, and it's not perfect. It's raw, and I think that's what 'garage' means.

There's a new grievance every day to write about.

I was always drawn to darker sounds, things with an edge and a little bit of grit, things that have a lot of emotion and a lot of drive.

My favorite movies are from directors that have a vision, like Wes Anderson or Tim Burton.

I just don't have a tolerance for people being fake, I don't think. Maybe especially when I think they have bad intentions.

I think what I've learned to focus on is my music, and that's why I made my record independently.

When I first started performing, I was a nervous wreck. Honestly, sometimes I felt like I was going to run off the stage.

I think that because I have so many different influences, and that shows in my music, that different people can connect with it.

'Elle' is such an iconic magazine, and the intersection of fashion and music has always been something that fascinates me.

I always knew I was going to do something with music, but with my whole family being in the business, acting was something that was just mine. But when I was 20 or 21, I started writing songs and felt the itch to make a record.