There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Sometimes you're trapped in writing songs and you don't have enough distance from what you do anymore and you need the talent and the years of other people to come and jump in.
I don't think of my music in terms of a career. I just want to get it out there and do it. I'm not manipulating my sound to be like anybody or trying to write to sound like anybody else.
I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.
I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love.
My music is pretty versatile; I have a lot of genres and styles. I don't think I should be pigeonholed into one thing. So we'll see where my career goes.
One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.
I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.
I feel like, O.K., if I can make it as a singer, then let me try rapping. If I can make it as a rapper, then let me try writing. All right? If I make it as a rap singer and writer, then why not try to produce? I don't feel limited in any way.
I'm a producer/rapper, so I feel like I can do anything. I can do all kinds of music. I've done all kinds of music, and I'm good at it.
I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can.