Gabriella Wilson Quotes

Gabriella Wilson

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 27, 1997

I have to keep doing me. I have to not look at what everybody else is doing, or what everybody else thinks should be happening right now.

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

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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.

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When you're growing up as a young woman, you develop all of these insecurities, and then there's boys and all of that stuff on top of that.

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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.

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My dad and I would perform around the Bay Area where I'm from in California together, and I also did talent shows growing up, I loved it.

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

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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.

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I definitely study the greats.

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

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

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I guess 16, 17, 18, that whole period was a dark time for me. I guess it was a hormonal thing, going through all those changes as a young woman, learning who you are and being comfortable with yourself, and also, which goes along with that, boys. It was definitely an unhappy, 'Who am I?' period. 'Who am I gonna be?'

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

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I've always been kind of a loner.

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

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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.

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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?

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

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