Quotes from Brynn Cartelli

I wouldn't trade this experience for the world, and I hope I get to be a part of 'The Voice' for as long as I can.

I could not be more thankful to those who voted me through and believed in me.

Music's always been a big part of my life.

The support from back home has been more than I ever expected. They always knew me as the lacrosse player or the girl playing field hockey. Now they're seeing me on national TV, and they've been so supportive.

It's definitely complicated, but it's all about the music. When people focus on other things, I think that's when it gets lost, and I would just rather focus on the music of it all.

I have met friends that I will stay connected to for the rest of my life.

I did theater when I was younger, and I'm not the best actor ever - I haven't done it in a long time - but hey, if an opportunity presented itself, I would take it!

I want to do a darker, pop soul kind of feel.

Everyone deserves love.

Everyone connects differently with different things.

I've always been a fan of Coldplay.

There were a lot of really special moments for me. When I first sang 'Fix You' by Coldplay, that was one. I love that song so much, and I love Coldplay, and I love what the song meant.

Doing a song that's sassy but kind of has that little flair to it, it's very me.

There have been contestants on 'The Voice' from past seasons that didn't even win, and I have been so inspired by them. To think that I am now one of those winners? I really, really hope there is a little girl out there that is believing in herself and knows that she can be here.

I love school, and I love learning, and school really does inspire me for a lot of my writing - just being in public school with people and watching things happen.

If everyone loves you for the person you are, let alone your music is incredible, I think that's a really great place to be.

Work hard, because it's obviously not always going to be easy. It's a really hard industry. Put yourself out there and put videos online, because that, honestly, is what changed my life.

I want to start recording and writing as soon as I can and get music that I love out as soon as possible.

I want to do music, and I want that to be the highlight of everything that I do. I want that at the forefront.

I'm just a hard worker, and I think that you don't need to have age to be a hard worker.

I want to be my own artist and reflect my creativity.. I don't want to be turned into a pop princess; that's not who I am.

When she started crying in my rehearsal, I felt so badly because I was like, 'I'm making Kelly Clarkson cry right now,' but it also felt really good because I thought, 'If she is feeling this, hopefully, America will feel this, too.'

It's really important to me that the music that I release is true to me and important to me.

I am a very driven and hardworking person, and I am independent, and I feel that I have really good instincts.