Since I Started Making Music, It Had

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 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.

Once I've Learned All Those Things And Gotten Through The Hard Times, I Come Out Feeling Really Powerful.

I Have A Tattoo On My Foot That Says 'it's A Whale' In Japanese, Because Japanese People Kill Whales. My Stuffed Whale Was Like Most Children's Teddy Bear. I Took It With Me Everywhere. I Slept With It. I Couldn't Live Without My Whale.

It's Very Easy To Fall Back Unto My Old Ways When I'm Working A Lot. It's Important For Me To Continue To Find Solitude And Peace In Nature And Escape The City And The Industry As Much As Possible. That's Where I Reconnect And Remind Myself What I Learned In That Time In The Woods When I Was Isolated And I Recharge Myself. If I Don't Have That, It Would Be Really Easy For Me To Fall Apart Again.