Gabriella Wilson

People are gonna listen to the music whether or not I reveal myself.

When I was a little bitty kid, I was listening to the stuff my parents were listening to. My mom was a huge Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige fan. My dad had a cover band that I sang with, and he loved Parliament, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton, the blues, James Brown.

I think most women, we have intuition. We always know what we always want to find out. We always want to be wrong, and we hate when we're right at the end of the day. People say we love to be right. That's not true. We don't like to be right, because usually we know when it's the truth.

I really just wanted it to be about the music, and get away from, 'Who is she with?' and 'What is she wearing?'

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

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

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

Good things take time.

I'm so emotional when it comes to even the smallest thing.

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.'

My parents have very different tastes. They exposed me to so many different things. I represent both sides.

Music is just in me and I didn't even realize it early on that I was going to do music.

Some people want the attention, some people want the spotlight, and that just wasn't it for me.

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

I don't know if I have a favorite part of being an artist. I do love being onstage and performing with my band. I also love rehearsing with them and creating the show, that's always a fun part. But there's also nothing like being in the studio and being able to get back to myself and get back to my feelings.

I don't want people to love my music because of what I look like or who I know or whatever.

Throughout my teenage years or whatever, I've been so uncomfortable, or I've made mistakes and I've felt like I'm the only one who has done that.

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