I’ve been playing piano since I was four, self-taught up to age nine then got lessons, and wrote my first song when I was 11. I was a bit of a weird kid (still am). I seemed always drawn to things that allowed me to be an individual. It always stemmed from creative outlets — like drawings, poems or songs. I never liked math and science much because it’s so black and white. Your answer is either right or wrong. I discovered art, music and writing had thousands of different shades of gray in an otherwise black and white world. There was no solid ‘right’ or ‘wrong.’ I realized that there’s more to learning than what you get out of right or wrong answers. The more I did my own thing, kids started to look at me differently. They’d notice me for the pictures that I drew and the songs that I’d play, and that was the best feeling in the world. I broke away from the norm, and since, I’ve never gone back. I'm often asked to describe my sound, who inspires me musically. Although it seems simple, this is one of the hardest questions for me to answer because I’m constantly changing it. At the moment, I’ve fallen deeply attached to 16-year-old singer/song writer Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O’Connor from New Zealand, better known by her stage name, Lorde. Expressing myself is the entire purpose of being an artist. Making a point, sharing opinions, shaking sense, primping feelings — it’s all part of it. The instruments paint the emotions and the lyrics paint the story. As a YouTube artist I can do my music the way I want.