I want to speak for people that may not feel like they're being spoken for at the moment. And I want to make a connection between the world around us and the charts.

I think people don't realize how many hours of practice goes into becoming a musician and getting better.

I couldn't help but feel very different from everybody, so I think that's why I found such a big world in music, and that's why I kind of - I was an introvert as a kid, but I loved the piano, and that's where I felt at home.

I think on the first album, my aim was to write a good song and have a good melody, and I wanted lyrics that would connect with as many people as possible. On the second album, I took a lot more of a personal approach. I wasn't trying to make conventional, structured songs; I was really trying to get a lot of emotion and my own personal journey throughout it. I just focused more on being honest than getting the normal song structure down.

I mean, there'll always be room for big productions and everything but it's good to see the other side.

Sometimes you feel like a very small drop in this huge ocean.

I was so shy and so quiet, and the only time I had my own voice and I could really connect with people was when I was singing or on stage.