I get really nervous right before I go on stage. But once I'm performing, I always love it. It's like being in a different world.

The things I see every day inspire my sound and lyrics, like certain people and situations that stick out in my mind. There are also certain musicians I love whose music and styles inspire me.

I wanted to give people a taste of my own music through the sound and style of my covers.

. . . . I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can.

It's just me and I try to be myself when I'm singing.

I think it was when I was 12 when I entered a singing competition. I sang my own original song for an audience of 1,000 people.

My town's quite small and you kinda recognize everyone when you see them, so I definitely get funny looks from people.

I read the three Hunger Games books in a week and because I liked them so much I wrote Just a Game.

I used to play violin, but I wasn't very good! I'm starting to learn guitar.

I've never spoken to Bon Iver, but I would love to. I'm a huge fan!

I love Adele and Lykke Li. I also listen to classical music as well.

Don’t be insecure about aiming to be a small business. Anyone who runs a business that’s sustainable and profitable, whether it’s big or small, should be

Without a mythology, faith is impersonal and heartless.

A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free the concealed irony, the deadly joke.

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.

We were created to look at one another, weren't we?

People may claim to hate puns, but most true word lovers have groaned to like them.

For me, writing for younger audiences and writing for adults uses two different halves of my brain.

I'm a real stubborn person. I'm still humble, not too cocky, but I'm big headed. I know what I wanna do and I know how I wanna do it and I know what needs to be done.

It's real interesting to have a soul as a friend, and it makes me feel super special that I've managed it.

Next? Growing up to be Clint Eastwood, I hope.