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Music doesn't really require whether the person's a young person or old person for whatever kind of music it is.

There's always a group of songs that I'm working at. Some of them are 10 years old, and some of them are just a few weeks old. I'm always trying to adjust these songs to some position where I can bring them to completion.

I've never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I've wanted the music to do that.

As you grow older, your music begins to mature and grow older along with you.

The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.

Songs are really interesting in that way. Sometimes, they grow with you. Sometimes, you outgrow them.

A song is only as strong as its foundation, and when it comes so naturally in any setting, those are the songs that will hopefully outlive you, maybe even outlive the next generation of You.

I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally.

Yeah, one of the main ways is for songs that make me want to move.

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.