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, ….

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

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..

Education is one of the most important tools that you can give somebody..

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!.

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

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

I think one of the reasons that I love the fans that have stuck around, because I really enjoy writing different kinds of songs. I don't know if I wr….

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 can't figure out why fans keep coming, maybe it's because they dig the songs..

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..

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 ….

I never was strutting through the hallways like, "Yeah, I'm a singer/songwriter." That's never a cool thing to do - to be the brooding guy..

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….

Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock bands and I was a singer/songwriter. I….

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

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 reall….

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 i….

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