I've probably gone a month or two without playing guitar, just because I've gotten so burnt on it touring all year or whatever.
During a big rock show, you can flub a few things and nobody will hear it, because it gets buried under everything else.
When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues.
Yeah, touring can get rough some times and draining, but I always have to pinch myself and realize that I'm doing what I love.
My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen.
I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway.
I've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of.
Some of my influences are black gospel artists so I definitely want to do a soul-gospel type thing.
Right now I really enjoy writing songs.
My passion is for playing music and although everyone needs a break sometimes just to keep things interesting and fresh, there's no way I would ever give that up.
My parents had a huge pile of records - vinyl! - that I loved, especially the Motown stuff, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding.
My dad used to play drums in a country band, and my mom is an incredible singer.
Probably my favorite artists to listen to James Taylor, Stevie Wonder - I haven't gone back in a really long time and really listened to them - my first guitar influences. It's been awhile since I revisited that.
It's an honor to win a Grammy, of course.
I'm glad I've learned what I've learned when I learned it.
I've been in fortunate position of never really having to battle with my record company to do the things I wanted to do in the studio.
I've literally become comfortable with approaching whatever style of music at any time.
It seemed at first that everybody was more concerned with my age.
I think in the future I will end up doing a gospel album.
I see a lot of parents now who are really supporting their kids playing music.
I really enjoy what I do and have been fortunate to pursue basically whatever I'm feeling at the time.
I moved from Minnesota out to Los Angeles and I thought I was going to hate it out there, but I really like it.
I love all kinds of different music.
I have way too many songs that have music but don't have lyrics.
I feel so blessed, and God has been so good to me.
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