I didn't want to call and schedule shows or call and make people listen to my music. Luckily, my friends and family really stayed on me and made me put myself out there.

Songwriting is like a therapy, it's a connection that you have with another person, and I'm not scared of it at all for some reason.

Being a musician is a job - it is just a really fun one!

Talking with my friends and family every day helps keep me grounded and connected to home. They are the most important things to me.

I love 'Breathe' with Taylor (Swift) but I've been performing 'Lucky' with Jason (MRaz) all over the world in the past year so I'm glad that's what won.

Taking a song and bringing it to life in a professional recording studio can be an intimidating process at first; I know it certainly was for me. So to be able to offer support and guidance to an emerging singer-songwriter is a huge honor. I look forward to playing a role in such an exciting time of someone's songwriting career.

I love to exercise outside in the fresh air and sun: hiking, swimming, stand-up paddleboarding, and jogging.