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

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.

If you get raised up having everything you want and then get put out in the world and try to live your own life, you've never had anything to train you how to live.

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

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

Cause I enjoy both, I enjoy recording and playing live, but yeah, the rush of playing live is really something.