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

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.

Well, people who are blues purist types are usually the most vocal and the ones that pop up on the websites.

You know, being able to, in my mind, have a song that you know doesn't really have any loose ends or you know, extra fat in it, so to speak.

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

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.