MUSIC IS A BIRTHRIGHT
Writing songs is a way of participating in a conversation with myself and others about what my little life and the world around me hold in terms of meaning. Music is my first language and at its best is the most vital way to communication specific emotional landscapes. As a child I gravitated toward music as it offered a lexicon and a syntax for emotional expression. It was like stumbling into an international bazaar of food and spice when up to that point in life all I’d eaten was mashed potatoes. It was through records and live shows that I learned to embody emotions that I had no way of knowing or generating without music to teach me and carry me.