I think you have to know exactly what you want. Whether you want to be a guitar player or a musician, you have to be really focused on it if you really want to do it.

I have way too many songs that have music but don't have lyrics.

I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway.

I see a lot of parents now who are really supporting their kids playing music.

It seemed at first that everybody was more concerned with my age.

I think it's like everything you do is just a reflection of who you are as an artist.

Apparently, there's this whole set of disgruntled people but obviously it's not my intention to offend anyone by changing the style of music that I've done.