I don't have to have my tits out to try to sell some kind of record. I can just be me and give songs that I'm into.

That one person that says "I heard your stuff and I really like this." It really touches my heart because it's what I love to do. I'd rather do it for the people than do it for a machine, a company that just wants to make money.

Every experience that you go through kinda shapes who you are.

I don't have to have my tits out to try to sell some kind of record. I can just be me and give songs that I'm into.

When you're young and you don't grow up with a silver spoon in your mouth, what do you do? You do stuff that you're positive about to help you better your family and your life. That's basically where I was. I wanted to sing, that's what I knew I could do. With that, I really didn't know what that meant. Along the journey I realized what that meant and why I wanted to sing.

I think just the music industry sometimes is a very tough business. But still, if it's just something you just love dearly, you really can't just put it down.

For people to even be interested and to reach out and say "I can't wait for you to come out with something", it's just so inspiring and motivating. It just keeps me going and it reminds me of why I love to make music because there's nothing greater than to use the gifts you have and share it with people who have that same affinity for the art that you give.