It's a really good time for California right now in music.

Anybody can have a great album in themselves but it's not until you bring it out and put it into tangible form and creating it and working on it in the studio that all of that comes to life you know what I mean?

I think the special stuff [music] still finds a way to be heard, as long as you pair it with a good release strategy.

I dunno, there were always people believing in me, but you just gotta be confident in whatever you wanna do.

Sometimes when you meet stars, on one hand you're like, "You're who I'm inspired by, you're who I look up to." On the other hand you're like, "I wanna be in the same kind of shoes that you're in." That's how I've always seen myself. Some of me is star-struck, some of me feels like I'm looking at a peer. They're another person who sees the world the same way I do, who already did it. It's inspiring.

I think it's important to evolve and grow and take risks creatively, instead of repeating yourself and doing the same thing over and over.

I listen to a wide array of music, all depends on the mood I'm in at the time.