Cousins are forever and forever are cousins they stand by your side for you no matter what.

You can dance in a hurricane, but only if you're standing in the eye.

I didn't get bullied any more than anybody else. I think I got bullied more for being poor than being gay. But no more than any other kid. And I'm sure that I did my fair share of picking on other kids, too. We're all humans.

All of these lines across my face, tell you the story of who I am. So many stories of where I've been and how I got to where I am.

Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes. But the less vulnerable we are because of privilege, the country we're born in, or the security we enjoy, the more vulnerable our souls are to apathy.

My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro.

People that could yodel always fascinated me. People that could sing loud always fascinated me. So I started trying to mimic at a really young age: 6, 7 years old.