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I still picture myself as a student of the music. I'm always trying to learn new things. Music is just what makes me tick.

I went into college undeclared. I had no idea what I wanted to do, but I knew that music was obviously this central big important thing in my life that I was gonna keep doing.

I encourage the study of music. And the immersion. 'Cause my life has been so enriched by being involved in music as I have.

I sort of feel like music saved my life when I was young. This is the one thing that I knew I was good at.

I dropped out of high school when I was, like, 15, so I just focused on doing music. It's all I wanted to do; I didn't want to work or anything else. I took all the negativity and obstacles that came with life, and I just put it in the music.

I didn't have a regular school experience and wanted a more abstract way of learning. I started exploring in lots of different creative ways. It gave me the opportunity to travel and play music, so it was good for me.

I feel like, at the end of the day, I always would try to make music that I wanted to listen to: stuff that I liked and wanted to hear.

I'm a huge fan of music in schools and music education because that's how I grew up.

Even when I was coming through school, I was a loner and I used to study music and play it and play it, and I was in bands.