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

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

The songs are always drawn from personal experience; I'm putting myself into my music. I usually am playing myself. It's art, art that represents my life.

I get the most gratification in life by feeling like I'm doing something purposeful and meaningful and makes a difference to other people, and that comes with its pros and cons. I've accepted this is the kind of person that I am, and this is the path I've chosen in life - and I'm stickin' with it.

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.

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 would like people to see me as someone who is genuine and sincere and cares about the people who support me, and who doesn't forget how lucky I am to be doing what I love.