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My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.

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The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.
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Arrangement Small Yourself
I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.
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Drugs Growth Myself Tough Young
I’m in constant pursuit of growing and evolving.
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Evolution Growth Myself Pursuit
Create the world you want, and fill it with the opportunities that matter to you.
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Creation Opportunity World Yourself
There was no other path for me. I knew this was my path. I had to follow it.
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Determination Follow Myself Path
I’m not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I’m thick. I like my body.
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Appearance Body Myself Shame
Love will come find you, just to remind you of who you are.
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Love Reminder Yourself
I pray before everything. When I wake up, before I eat, before I perform, before I go to sleep, in the moments I need guidance.
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Guidance Moments Myself Performance Prayer Sleep
Simplicity makes me happy.
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Happiness Myself Simplicity
A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It’s a very moody key, and also ‘A’ is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes.
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Eyes Keys Name Oneself Play Representation Time
Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.
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Career Experience Learning Myself Protection Thinking
What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind.
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Break Heart Broken Kind Myself Suffering
I pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great change, confusion, or frustration.
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Change Confusion Greatness Life Myself Prayer Recognition
If you treat me fairly, I’ll give you all my goods.
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Fair Goodness Treat
You have to identify what you care about and why you care about it. It has to be personal. It has to be something that fires you up or means something to you, or it’s not going to drive you.
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Care Drive Fire Identify Personal Yourself
From the beginning, I’ve had to juggle and weigh the silly things people say – and I’ve learnt that they’re meaningless, and they’re mostly inaccurate. So I don’t worry about it, because there’s nothin’ for me to deal with.
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Accurate Beginning Deal Learning Myself People

My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.

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My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.

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