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At some point in my life, before I was gone, I wanted to make an album, even if it was for no reason other than posterity.

I wanted to make an album that was hopeful and encouraging and inspiring. That was the goal.

With the first album, I wanted to do so many different things, and I was fighting with myself to try and see if I was worthy enough to do it.

I think I've grown a lot in the last few years, and I needed to express myself as an artist on this. It wasn't necessarily about going in and making an album chocked full of hit singles... there were a lot of things I did out of the joy and the want to do it.

A few years ago my goal was to try and get the goddamned album made, which put me in a real bad frame of mind.

I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.

For my first album I wanted to make a record that would be intimate, deeply personal, and honest.

I always wanted to have my own album recorded and released before I graduated high school.

Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted.

I didn't want to become a personality, I wanted to be a musician, but because I didn't have an album to stand by yet it was hard for people to see that. But now, two albums in, I'm happy with things.