What puts my mind at rest is knowing I'm a person of integrity. I really do stand for what I say I stand for. I'm real!

I did a handful of photo shoots and I never made any money for it just because I was trying to build a portfolio. I decided that that's not what I wanted to do.

I'd rather have a lot of little donations than a couple big ones. That shows that people care and are giving what they can.

I'm such an awful faker. Everything that comes out of my mouth needs to be the real deal. Not that I ever try to be deceiving, but sometimes it takes a while to find your voice and find what you want to say.

I want to make honest music and tell honest stories that hopefully reflect the thoughts and feelings other people have.

It's really important for me to live purposefully, and I feel that way putting music out in the world and having people connect with it. That means everything to me.

When people have expectations, you're going to make a lot of them upset - when in fact I'm not trying to represent anybody but myself.