I was a good student. My mom is a teacher, and her side of the family is all teachers. She put a big emphasis on getting good grades.

I don't know how to make magic. For most songwriter's that has only happened once or twice, and I don't know how to re-create that. I know that there are some tricks and tools, but the magic is the amazing part.

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.

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!

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.

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

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