I believe that people want to hear good songs and they want to be moved.

When I deal with my struggles in my songs, I feel like most people are going to identify with my struggles because they are essentially dealing with the same things.

When I think about my career and how it all started, it really started with me getting to a point where I understood how to write songs that resonated with people.

I believe that people want to hear good songs and they want to be moved.

In many ways my writing is like therapy. It is my way of dealing with things.

I write very personal songs. Subject matter is usually derived from some internal struggle that I am having.

There are a lot of people who talk about a formula for being able to start a fan base. But for me, it's been about songs and just being hard on myself as a writer, feeling like there is a purpose to it all.