I could be myself. I'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it.

Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started learning about more instruments, so I just kind of went that route. Music's really all I've ever done.

Singing live is my favorite. When people sing along to your songs, the circle is complete.

Encore' was an experiment. 'Encore' was the second chance at a first impression. 'Encore' was not completely planned.

I'm a nerd. Total geek. I never went to homecoming or prom or anything.

Any time I write a new song, I am jazzed about it for like 24 hours and then I am over it and want to write another one.

I'm from Louisiana, and that's where I got my start, in Cajun music. There's a huge music scene down there centered around our culture. Those are people that are not making music for a living. They are making music for the fun of it. And I think that's the best way I could have been introduced to music.