People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song.

People haven't always been there for me, but music always has.

I definitely think that with music my favorite thing about Nashville is that it's a music hub that accepts and allows all genres to be present, and I think there's been a kind of fusing of genres lately that for me makes me really happy and excited.

For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.

Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for.

I really believe we in the music industry can work together to find a way to bond technology with integrity and just really hope we can teach the younger generation the value of investment in music rather than the ephemeral consumption of it.