Keeping in touch with the people that matter is important.

In my opinion, creative control means a lot, I feel like I'm really in touch with who my fans are and what they like about my music, and I'm able to communicate directly with them.

I don't know if most people know it or not, but I produce, like, 95% of my own stuff.

I think when you're telling a story from inside of you that's genuine, people connect with it.

My whole career has been from scratch, so I never took it for granted that people care and support what I do.

I know what it feels like to walk out in front of a sold-out crowd of a thousand people that are there for you, and how good that feels, but as an opener, you just have to train yourself to think that it's going to be harder.