I Want You To Live The Best

I Spent A Lot Of Time, A Lot Of Energy Trying To Be A Better Artist And I Still [do]. I Spend A Lot Of Time Focusing On My Craft. If You're Going To Take Your Passion Into Something Beyond Just Something For Fun On The Side, You Got To Spend A Lot Of Time On It To Be Great, And Then You've Got To Make Smart Decisions About Who You Collaborate With [and] Where You Live [to] Put Yourself In The Right Situations To Meet The Right People To Catch Those Breaks.

I Don't Feel Like That Many Musicians Are Competitive With Each Other.

I Have A Structured Songwriting Process. I Start With The Music And Try To Come Up With Musical Ideas, Then The Melody, Then The Hook, And The Lyrics Come Last. Some People Start With The Lyrics First Because They Know What They Want To Talk About And They Just Write A Whole Bunch Of Lyrical Ideas, But For Me The Music Tells Me What To Talk About.

Fear. People Are Afraid Of Talking About Their Fears And Insecurities. They're Afraid Of Expressing Emotion Beyond Anger, Dominance, Or Power, And They're Afraid Of Getting In Touch With Their Feminine Side.

I Listen To All Those Kinds Of Music, From Classic Soul To Hip-hop To Brazilian Music To, You Know, Jazz To Indie To Alternative... And For Me, When I'm Making Music, It's All In My Head, And All Those Influences In My Head. So If Something Comes To Me That's A Reference From A Different Genre Then People Are Used To Hearing From Me, I'm Not Afraid To Go There With It.