Stylistic influences

• Nichole Nordeman : for her incredibly vulnerable artistry, especially in her lyrics. For showing me that I did not need to be a belter to sing well, and that I could be a pianist & a singer. For being the most valuable lesson I learned as a songwriter: to take the tangible & the concrete and weave tales and images and beauty from what could be seen and felt and understood.
• Bethany Dillon : for her simplicity & the topics she addresses.
• Angela Aki : for the way she rocks a piano.
• Vienna Teng : for the way she rocks a piano & her poetic lyrics, though cryptic, I learned that I don't want to be a cryptic songwriter.
• Ginny Owens : for the way she writes simply & beautifully & honestly on the piano.

Simply awesome music

• For my Love: "walk towards me, I want to hear the heavens singing over you. when you breathe and look at me, I want to be captured by you. I want to hide what's deep in my eyes. I'm scared to be known by you. but when I turn my head and see you there, I want to be pursued. gaze into my eyes, let me know you'd fight thousands for my love. slip your hand in mine, ask me to dance with you tonight. just ask me for my love"
• Things I Cannot Say: "the way that you looked in the later winter sun with your fingers in mine and the snow falling down. my heart skipped a beat and I started to pray a thing I could not say."
• Say it Again: "say it again for me 'cause I love the way it feels when you're telling me that I'm the only one who blows your mind. say it again for me, it's like the whole world stops to listen when you t...