Songs are my diaries; they always have been. You have to put your trust in everyone because putting down those real, personal details and thoughts that make a song authentic also opens you right up. I am constantly misunderstood; a lot of people just don't get me.

I've never been fascinated by the party lifestyle. Penciling in a night to get wasted is not something I want to do.

So . . . middle school? Awkward.Having a hobby that's different from everyone else's? Awkward. Singing the national anthem on weekends instead of going to sleepovers? More awkward. Braces? Awkward. Gain a lot of weight before you hit the growth spurt? Awkward. Frizzy hair, don't embrace the curls yet? Awkward. Try to straighten it? Awkward!So many phases!

My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.

I like to write about love and love lost because I feel like there are so many different subcategories of emotions.

If you ever think you're the only person in the world feeling a certain way, just please know that you're not.

Appreciate what you have while you have it and the beauty in what’s there right now and try to preserve it for tomorrow.