Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Gabriella Wilson - Page 2

I like to pair clothes or accessories that wouldn't usually go together.

As a young woman, I experienced high school and heartbreak, and the music I started to write was a little bit more poetic, and more inspired by spoken word. The real raw emotional things that sit in the back of our minds, that you were afraid to say? That's how I started to write my music. And that's how 'H.E.R. Volume One' came about.

All of my music is based off my life experiences.

I've been writing since I was five years old. I used to write poetry, and I loved to rhyme.

I was playing music since I was 6 or 7. I felt that music was a given to me.

It's a great thing to hear people putting me up to this standard and putting me on this pedestal and expecting greatness from me, but at the end of the day, I'm just trying to be a better me as an artist musically.

I've become a voice for young women who are growing up and uncomfortable being vulnerable, uncomfortable with changes, heartbreak - and becoming jaded.

I go to my mom's house and she'll make me do the dishes or clean up.

I represent young black women, and I'm proud of that.

I'm huge on the dynamic of my show and the experience, not just performing songs. It's important to me to make sure that people experience every song, and feel like I'm singing directly to them. Your eyes never want to leave the stage because there's always something happening.

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 went to a Buddy Guy concert when I was, like, seven years old.

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 just want to give back to the community that raised me now that I've gotten to a point where I can do that.

I just love music, and that's what I want people to see and respect.

It's one thing to be able to sing well, but another to be an artist and find your own voice within music. And that's what the goal was for me in my teenage years. I had to find myself.

People do things on Instagram and put on a front and try to live a life that they may not really want to live, or don't truly believe in. And that's the life that they portray. That's not the real them. We all have to be more aware of what is that's really happening inside. Are we really standing for what we believe in?

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

Giving, making an impact on people is something I definitely got from my mother.

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

I love BTS, their music is good, but they always support me.

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

I wanted people to just accept the music for what it is without any judgement and being anonymous was the best way to do that.

People always make me uncomfortable when they ask me: 'Who's this song about?' I feel like I let you read my diary and now we have to have a conversation about it! I already let you read it, let's just leave it at that.

We live in an era of social media. We care more about looks, popularity and followers than about real music. And I wanted to get away from that.

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've always been kind of a loner.

I love Toronto.

I'm always thinking about Prince when I make my music and how genre-less he was and just how versatile and amazing he was on the stage. I'm so inspired by him.

People at school knew I sang and that this was what I was gonna do, but I was pretty private and low-key.

I learned anything can go wrong on tour, still, you have to put on the best show you can.

I really wish I could have collaborated with Prince before he passed.

It took me a while to want to do interviews.

I'm really about this women empowerment thing.

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.

We use social media as a platform to speak on issues that we feel passionate about and I see people debating on Twitter all the time about social injustices.

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.'

To live your truth and sing your truth, that defines success.

It's scary and uncomfortable releasing music that is close to you.

It's not a popularity contest to me. It should always be about the music.