I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching TV everyday, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities.

I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.

I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood.

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