When I'm on the road and it's super stressful, it definitely affects my music. When I'm hanging out with my friends and my girlfriend and things are good in my life, then it's better.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I find myself more affected by music the more I do it. Particularly when you're touring, and you're in the bus, and you're listening to loads of music. Life becomes far more dramatic, I guess - you're never in the same place; you're constantly meeting new people. You almost become more sensitized to music.
I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.
When I'm doing music and I'm on the road, I love it. But once I'm home, it's very difficult to go back out on the road.
Music is just a huge part of my life. It affects moods. I've always found it insane how you can hear one song, and it takes you back to a specific, specific moment in your life, and you remember it vividly like it was yesterday.
If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.
I think music can really affect people's emotions and, when I am about to get into a race car, I definitely listen to music with a good beat - that's when you've got the adrenalin pumping. And the time before you go into a race weekend, you have a lot of emotion and adrenalin, and a lot of focus.
Whenever I make music, it reflects where I'm at mentally.
Music is a big influence in my work and sometimes drives the energy of where I want to go.
I sort of look at music as helping me get through situations.
Whether it's soundtracking a moment in my life or just motivating me to hit the gym, I constantly have music playing. Even if it's just in my head.