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The thing that scares me about the way the music industry has changed so much is that I'm afraid that the record, the album, will disappear, and it'll go back to the way it was in the '50s where everything is single-based.

I sat in on some songwriting classes, and it was really bloody hard, a lot of music theory. I'd be sitting there, and they'd be talking all this music theory, and the teacher would say, 'Let's ask our guest Jimmy what he thinks,' and I'd be sitting there thinking, 'Please don't ask me, please don't ask me.'

I get messages on Instagram and Twitter from parents that tell me and thank me for getting into country music because their son or their daughter see me and they say I remind them of them.

I've been trying to do this music thing for so long, I kind of got addicted to struggle, the grind, so typically once I reach some sort of moment, I'm like, 'Aiight, cool, what's next?' I'm ready to get back to hitting the ground running.

I love country music, I'm a country boy through and through, that's how I grew up. But I also love fashion.

I realized, when I put all my music together, and the different genres that bleed together through my music, the home for it was country.

In country music, we are still behind the times. Outside of country music, it wouldn't be new to anyone to be a Black pop artist or a white rapper, but this genre is different.

My dad and my mom told me, 'Don't just think there's one way to be successful.' Remember, there's more than one way to spread your name and who you are in country music. It's helped my career in a tremendous way.

I figured, if someone wants to do classical music, or blues, or jazz, they move to an area where that's popular, and they chase down blues or jazz connections. For me, it was the same thing.

My Grammy nomination didn't come from hip-hop, didn't come from R&B, didn't come from rock - it came from my success in country music because country radio, country family has supported me.

With a lot of pop music, they just have one song and a good beat, but there's not necessarily that much talent.

It's a joy, the process itself, even instrumentally, playing and constructing music. It's just so beautiful to me.

I really have a lot of respect for music, the art form of music. It's my whole life. I don't care about any of that other stuff. And I have always felt that way. I'll build a career on my own merits, my own hard work and nothing else.

That's why you put out records: hoping that people will connect with them. I mean, I play music for myself, for sure, and I would still play music even if people didn't like it. But it means a lot when it connects to people and they enjoy it. But it's funny: you get criticism as much as you get praise. It kind of evens out after awhile.

I won't lie - when you're first bringing out music and you want people to notice, you probably overdo it, especially as a girl.

The only thing I want to be defined by is my music and personality.

I'd hate it if everyone in the world liked me, my music and what I wore. It'd make it boring, and I wouldn't have anything to work towards. It's not to everyone's taste, but I can only be me.

To be honest with you, the fact that people vibe with my music is just a really positive byproduct of something that is just a reflex to me. The fact that people even care to listen means a lot to me.

I purposely try to make my music cinematic. I try to inspire visuals even though I'm only an instrument of sound.

I love soul music.

I grew up as a dancer, and music and dance are so closely tied that in ballet class, you're listening to all this classical music, and in modern class, you're working with a live drummer. It was something that always made me feel really comfortable, and I've had a connection to since the beginning.