If you get raised up having everything you want and then get put out in the world and try to live your own life, you've never had anything to train you how to live.
Who I am musically I hope will just keep changing and changing.
Cause I enjoy both, I enjoy recording and playing live, but yeah, the rush of playing live is really something.
But I needed to prove to everyone that I was a serious musician.
Right, yeah, you know, my favorite thing just globally about music is just hopefully I'm able to be, you know, blessing the people in any way that I can.
It's just satisfying for me to be able to write kind of like a finished, nice product.
Sometimes I'll get a burst when I write lyrics, it usually happens in 20 minutes and I'll write the whole song, and that's really the only way it feels comfortable.
I think it's like everything you do is just a reflection of who you are as an artist.
My parents had a huge pile of records - vinyl! - that I loved, especially the Motown stuff, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding.
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've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of.
My dad used to play drums in a country band, and my mom is an incredible singer.
When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues.
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 see a lot of parents now who are really supporting their kids playing 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.
I think in the future I will end up doing a gospel album.
I think I've just gotten better at learning how to write a song.
It seemed at first that everybody was more concerned with my age.
I've literally become comfortable with approaching whatever style of music at any time.
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.
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