Find things you're passionate about, and find others who are as passionate as you are and will focus on giving you an opportunity to shine and to have your moment where you can be in front of others to show what you can do.

[Songwriting is] something that I own - it's my property, it's my music, it's my voice.

I feel the most connected to my art when it comes from my real life and hopefully the audience feels that.

When I'm [playing] a character, I can look at it and know it's not me and not be concerned with how it looks.

I think the community that you're in really can define your ability to be at peace with your circumstances.

As a songwriter, the minute you start having sex, you can totally see the difference in the writing. You become an adult - that's kind of the whole backbone of it, really, your identity as a person and what sex means to you.

Stop hoping, start believing.