Since I Started Making Music,

I Played Trumpet In School Once Because I Joined Band Because A Cute Boy Played Trumpet Too. And I Was Really Bad At Trumpet.

Writing Songs For Other People Was Never The Goal For Me.

I Always Knew I Wanted To Do Music, But It Took Me A Long Time To Figure Out How To Exactly Do That. With My First Record Deal, Everything Kinda Fell Apart. I Wasn't Ready For It, I Didn't Know How To Handle The Business Side At All. I Thought As Soon As I Got A Record Deal, Everything Would Fall Into Place And I Wouldn't Have To Really Do Any Work Anymore. I Could Just Make Music, And Be Successful. Well That Was Not The Case And Everything Fell Apart For A Period Of Time.

I Actually Quit Music And I Thought Maybe I Chose The Wrong Career. But, I Isolated Myself In A Cabin In The Woods For A While And That's Where I Fell Back In Love With Music. Just Being Isolated Out There, Eliminating All These Opinions That I Endured During My Time In La And The Music Industry, All The Rejection, It Was Really Hard On Me And My Creativity. So By Isolating Myself In The Wilderness, I Was Able To Fall Back In Love With Music. It Was Always Ingrained In Me, Always In My Blood, But I Just Lost It For A Minute.

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.