Being a songwriter or a painter you're definitely facing your fears. You're facing your fears because you're speaking your truth; you're speaking from your heart. That's something that's not easy to do, you set yourself up for all sorts of criticism or vulnerability but that's why we do it.

Bringing up issues that are hard to deal with is a challenge for me, and I think that's what draws me to song writing.

Don't forget that love is all you came here for, not anything less. Need I say more?

What I strive to do with songwriting is be really honest, authentic and try to be open and share that with people. I choose that over trying to be clever, poetic, or lyrical.

I love being creative, and for me it doesn't matter what it is - whether it's art or music or just daydreaming.

I come from a place of sincerity. I write about what I see and feel. I write about what I want, I don't have a political agenda. Politics may enter into a song but it always comes from the heart.

The ocean inspires me because there's the energy of the water moving.