Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
So I don't think of myself as just a musician at all, I think of myself as an artist.
Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.
You want to sell records, but if you want to call yourself an artist, your job is how you express yourself.
My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career.
Obviously, I want to sell records, but I do it because I find it therapeutic. In music I can be myself.
I've made a life and career as a professional musician.
Once I started performing I knew that's what I wanted to do with my life. But you have to work really hard to be a performer.
If I weren't a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing.
While I used to make my living principally as a record producer, as time went on, I had to depend more and more on my live performances because of the evolution of the record industry, which has de-emphasized what made it possible to make a living.
I think of myself as a producer who tries to bring the best out of everyone, whether that be an artist, songwriter or a publicist.