My whole mission in general, ever since I was fourteen, was to write music that would help people heal.
I started to use music almost like a therapist, where it's like, everything that I don't really dare to say or speak about, I can sing about.
Music is really a medicine, it can make you feel good.
I don't think I threw myself into music because I had the best intentions; it was because I was really angry.
When I sing or play music, I'm able to relieve myself of whatever it is that I'm struggling with.
Music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.
I don't think rock music has any positive function.
I don't talk to media or anyone before games. I just put my headphones on, turn up some hip-hop, and get in the zone.
I realised that music controls me more than I control music. I had to write songs that were convincing me that things would get better.
It's all about music, because music is basically what's... been my avenue out of maybe being involved in things I shouldn't be.
I got different moods. Like, if I'm in a good mood, I listen to 'Up' by Thug. If I'm not in a good mood, I'll listen to 'King TROUP' - that's a real emotional one.
I feel like music can be therapeutic for all of us - not just music lovers but the artists that create it.
I don't know what I would do if it wasn't music, 'cause I'm really a one trick pony.
Music really helps me stay centered. I can listen to music and forget about any issue that I have.
I think pop music, for me as a kid, I hated school and ran home to watch Britney Spears videos. I just felt like I could forget about the stuff I didn't like about my life and listen to pop music and escape.
A bit of the vagueness of music stops you going completely mad, I imagine.
That's why I played music; my social skills were limited. I think a lot of people that experience that pick up guitars, because they can't communicate otherwise.
I like to think that my music allows people that cathartic cry.
If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.
I was five years old, onstage singing 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' - a rock version - and I was always wanting to entertain. But the biggest thing for me is just country music has helped me get through the worst times of my life and the best times of my life. I want to give that back to people.
Music is, I think, the best way to... not forget, but to just escape for a moment.
I'm just trying to make the kind of music that I'd listen to as a teenager and forget about all my problems.
Overall, I just wanted to release music that would take people through life's different emotions.
Having the opportunity to express myself through music has been extremely cathartic for me my entire life.
I don't like confrontation; I just like to sing.
