At the age of two, Graceman was not afraid of singing in front of crowds.[13] When she was four, she could play the piano fluently. At the age of 6 years old she wrote her first song, "So I Cried".[14] Graceman states that her family was poor while growing up in Alaska. The mini-van that her mother drove didn't have a working radio or CD player in it, so her mother would sing to her while they were driving.