I love the creation process [of music] of it and then sharing it, so I think that was the shift. I never thought I was going to be on a label in general, I was like 'Oh, I wouldn't do that,' and then we ended up on the same label basically.

South Africa was something that just kind of hit me.

I feel like my dad was the more artistic one, creating his own thing, loving to be around people, and all this stuff, doing exciting things, and my mom was more of the performer.

I've always been an animal lover my entire life.

I think my life dramatically shifted when I met Lucas [Goodman] and it wasn't even planned. I had a very clear vision of what I was going to do.

I quit piano and violin because it felt too rigid. It was just my thing, something I fell in love with from a very early age.

The greatest blessing is that, within all of this, I've still been challenged every day to question and show who I am.