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My music is inspired by my life: the people in my life, the people I have relationships with, the people I love, the people that make me feel something.

My music is an extension of who I am and what I went through and what I know musically.

My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So he listened to, you know, Motown, and he listened to Bob Dylan. He listened to Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones, but he also listened to reggae music. And he collected vinyl.

I'm influenced by all types of music.

I've had so many different influences musically, even from people who aren't even musicians. If you're inspired by someone and you document it musically, then they are your influence.

My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.

Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound.

Music is a vital part of my life, and it has been since I was a kid. It helped me find my identity as a person, it helped me find my identity as an artist, and it helped me get in touch with emotions that I didn't know I had.

My music comes from my emotion, always.

My music must reflect whatever's going on in my mind, and my life needs to evolve for me to discover who it is I'm becoming.