All I can do is take influences from where I was raised.

When it comes down to the music, it's just you and the microphone. It's not you and the record execs.

I was signed at 18 and had to grow up quickly.

I don't know what it feels like not to have a great family support system - I was lucky to have that.

When I record music I like to be in one place and kind of have a base to keep going back to.

You can tell an honest artist from one who's just given all their songs.

I love sharing my life with my followers. Hopefully, they are following me because they genuinely want to know me. It's a way to connect with fans that wasn't available just a few years ago.