Right now I really enjoy writing songs.

Some of my influences are black gospel artists so I definitely want to do a soul-gospel type thing.

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

My parents had a huge pile of records - vinyl! - that I loved, especially the Motown stuff, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding.

I moved from Minnesota out to Los Angeles and I thought I was going to hate it out there, but I really like it.

When you get just that right audience and just that right sound on stage and you can just sit back and kinda just let it happen and it's not really any work. I love those moments. Nothing can beat that for me.

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