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Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.

I think I went more toward writing because that's my talent. I don't think I was a great performer... And I like being behind the scenes a little bit.

I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.

There are always new things to experience, internalize then write about. This process is ongoing with me. It never stops. The opportunity to reach new audiences with all of the music that we have made is thrilling.

I was going to go to college and graduate and move to New York and do the Broadway thing. That's where a lot of my influences vocally and writing come from. Then I did some covers, and towards the end of college, I saw it was a path I could take. I wrote more pop music.

I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.

Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.

I write for an audience that likes what I like, reads what I read, thinks about the things I think about. In many ways, this puts me in opposition to the people who go to the theater generally.

I started out being a stand up and writing my own material. That took me to 'Talk Soup,' where I was writing and performing for TV.