I'm interested in all kinds of art. I draw and paint and don't know how to play the banjo, but I do play the banjo.

It was surreal to step out of my own existence and see how most American children experience things.

I've struggled so much, growing up, with just feeling that my life is valid because it's not filled with these hyper-dramatic moments, and I think a lot of people of my generation feel that way. We're so inundated with hyper-drama that people crave everyday life.

I feel like that's so ingrained in so many children that you are so confined and repressed growing up that, anything you do, you have to rebel against it at some point.

It's beautiful to have people look me in the eyes and actually treat me like a human.

My mom comes from a really out-there upbringing, so for her, the way she raised me is pretty disciplined. I was home-schooled but more really unschooled, really.