I Really Went Back Through A Lot

I Grew Up In The South With My Father; Blues And Country, That's Always Been My Core. But I Had It In Me Not To Do What Was Expected. I Wanted To Find My Own Footing.

I Always Loved Singing And Writing Poetry. I Always Loved Music, And I’ve Loved Writing My Whole Life. When I Put Them Together It Was Probably In My Early 20s, Where I Put Words To Music For The First Time.

I Knew That Because Of Who I Am, And The Situation I'm In, That I'd Attract More Critics Than Your Average Person, And That Was A Little Intimidating, But I Wanted To Get Out There And Pay My Dues.

I Have A Lot Of Memories, But I Don't Go Into Capitalizing On That. Something's Got To Be My Own. I'm Not Doing The Record To Sit Here And Broadcast My Memories Of My Father.

When I Write, It's Purging For Me. It's A Therapeutic Process.