I loved musicals. I loved being in the school play and being lucky enough to get parts in the school play. But they always took place in some other time and place.
The fact that I'm a performer helps me enormously as a lyricist.
I am not throwing away my shot.
The theater should always be a safe space.
My rhymes are gonna kill, so I suggest you write your will and leave your [expletive] to me.
I think, there are a couple of songs. I'm really proud of How far I'll Go. I literally locked myself up in my childhood bedroom at my parents' house to write those lyrics. I wanted to get to my angstiest possible place. So I went method on that.