There is also something exciting about the risk. Somewhere in me is a sadist that likes pain, I guess.

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.

I've been really lucky to have a lot of cool people and to be around a lot of cool celebrities that I've got to learn from.

It's like a dream sometimes, a song just pops into your head and you can't tell if it's something you heard or it's new and you got to write it down.

I went from living with my parents, to being signed out of high school. I have never, not had a boss, or someone else responsible for me. It is really cool as an artist to have that freedom.

It's hard to deny talent. If you're good, you're good.

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