Writing Songs For Other People Was Never

Putting Out A Debut Album Is A Bit Scary - I Want It To Be Just Right, So I Took Some Extra Time To Finish It. Eminem's Increased Involvement Has Been Such A Blessing; I'm Getting Guidance From An Artist I Really Admire And Trust.

I Lived In A Cabin In The Woods In Oregon, And I'd Basically Given Up On The Music Industry For An Indefinite Amount Of Time. And While I Was Out There, I Came Up With A Very Specific Vision Of What I Wanted My Music To Sound Like.

It's Very Easy To Fall Back Unto My Old Ways When I'm Working A Lot. It's Important For Me To Continue To Find Solitude And Peace In Nature And Escape The City And The Industry As Much As Possible. That's Where I Reconnect And Remind Myself What I Learned In That Time In The Woods When I Was Isolated And I Recharge Myself. If I Don't Have That, It Would Be Really Easy For Me To Fall Apart Again.

I Love New York. I First Came Here With My Mom When I Was In 9th Grade. I Took The Subway For The First Time And The Doors Closed Between Me And My Mom, And I Was So Scared. I Could See Her Through The Window And I Didn't Know What To Do. I Got Off At The Next Stop And She Caught Up To Me, But I Couldn't Stop Crying.

I Come From A Place Of Darkness When I Write Because I'm Always Trying To Figure Things Out. It's Kind Of Like My Own Therapy When I Write Music. It's Me Working Through My Own Problems Hopefully. And Putting It Into A Song.