Since I Started Making Music,

I Love New York. I First Came Here With My Mom When I Was In 9th Grade. I Took The Subway For The First Time And The Doors Closed Between Me And My Mom, And I Was So Scared. I Could See Her Through The Window And I Didn't Know What To Do. I Got Off At The Next Stop And She Caught Up To Me, But I Couldn't Stop Crying.

I Moved Out To L.a. When I Was 17, Dropped Out Of High School, And Pursued A Career In Music.

Your Personal Life, Your Professional Life, And Your Creative Life Are All Intertwined. I Went Through A Few Very Difficult Years Where I Felt Like A Failure. But It Was Actually Really Important For Me To Go Through That. Struggle, For Me, Is The Most Inspirational Thing In The World At The End Of The Day - As Long As You Treat It That Way.

Don't Look Down” Is Her Official Debut As Skylar Grey, The Singer, Born Holly Brook Hafermann And Raised In Mazomanie, Wis., Has Been Making Albums Since She Was A Tween. Grey And Her Mother Sang As A Folk Duo Under The Name Generations; They Released Three Indie Discs. “i Learned A Lot About Professionalism, How The Show Must Go On Even Though I Feel Like [expletive] Sometimes,” Grey Remembers. “i Have A Lot Of Experience In The Studio, Performing Onstage, Talking To An Audience. I Learned Most Of That Stuff When I Was Performing With My Mom.

I Actually Quit Music And I Thought Maybe I Chose The Wrong Career. But, I Isolated Myself In A Cabin In The Woods For A While And That's Where I Fell Back In Love With Music. Just Being Isolated Out There, Eliminating All These Opinions That I Endured During My Time In La And The Music Industry, All The Rejection, It Was Really Hard On Me And My Creativity. So By Isolating Myself In The Wilderness, I Was Able To Fall Back In Love With Music. It Was Always Ingrained In Me, Always In My Blood, But I Just Lost It For A Minute.