A lot of people can figure out the social media aspect of it, or the merchandising aspect, or whatever and get enough momentum to start a career. To sustain it, you have to keep writing and you have to keep creating.

I don't how many of us get to go to the next level, and I don't know how many people on my level get to go to the next level after that. I think it is the songs that can take you there.

Kids think books are cool, especially when they see that people they think books are cool are reading.

Music comes out of me most naturally and would be the hardest to give up forever.

My family was all musicians. We jam all the time.

As an independent artist it is so easy to get caught up in websites, social media, merchandise, when I am going to put out an EP, fining a producer, finding a studio to record in and you have to remember at the end of the day you should be writing music.

My world on the road always ends up feeling really small which is ironic because that's when I'm seeing the most places and meeting the most people!