My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen.

I think in the future I will end up doing a gospel album.

I've literally become comfortable with approaching whatever style of music at any time.

I've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of.

My dad used to play drums in a country band, and my mom is an incredible singer.

And as I got older and played more, people began to forget about my age and took the music more seriously.

It's just satisfying for me to be able to write kind of like a finished, nice product.