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Had I not become entangled with music, I would have become an author much earlier.

By the end of high school, I had this fork-in-the-road moment where part of me considered going to vocational music school to really pursue it.

Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music.

Lucky enough, through the public school system, I had been able to have some music education, and that gave me something to focus on, and discipline - like a family to feel part of. There was a healthy family.

I always wanted to be a musician from when I was kid. It was always a massive dream of mine. School was also really really important to me and having an education was top of my priority. So I really wanted to have a degree before I tried anything in the music industry.

You cannot help but notice that schools that take music seriously tend to be more academically successful.

Going to college was never an option. I was passionate about music, but how much talent I actually had was another matter.

I think music should be the basis of an education, not just something you do once a week.

The whole process of this record was an education for me as a musician.