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I'm a songwriter first.

I really like working with unique and unknown artists, as they usually bring something fresh to a song.

I'm a songwriter, that's what I love.

When I first started out in this business, it was easy because nobody wanted anything from me. But now everyone wants something from me, so it's hard to break away and just be a songwriter.

Not to take anything away from artists who don't write their own songs, but it's always been important to me to make sure it's my story.

As a songwriter, I feel like, just for inspiration and research purposes, I have to listen to everything.

I consider myself a songwriter before anything else. The fact that I have been able to write both of my records and establishing myself as a songwriter is super-important to me. Some people have that gift, where they can take on anything and make people believe it. I like to do a song from personal experience.

Being a songwriter is really the base of being an artist, for me.

I definitely consider myself a songwriter first because that's my best attribute.

I picked and co-wrote the songs that if I was a guy who would be spending my hard-earned money buying an album I would want to hear.