For the last few months I had kept thinking to myself how much I missed making music. I would keep telling Simon “It seems like it’s been years since I recorded anything!” Then I realized that it really had been years! Needless to say, that thought kind of scared me. Time really does go by fast, and I hate this feeling of knowing that I wasted about two years for nothing. I don’t really know why I never did anything. I guess I felt truly uninspired. I was surrounded by a lot of people I did NOT want to be around, and just felt extremely negative. When I reflect on the last two years I seriously feel like I had lost myself. There were so many reasons I was unhappy. I think I let the negativity affect me way too much. I wish I would have been way stronger, and stood up for myself against quite a few people. I felt totally trapped. I was constantly confused about where life was leading us, and I felt like possibly the only 19 year old I knew who had so much inner conflict. I learned the sad fact that SO many people LOVE to HATE, but I also learned that in order to move forward and surpass those people you have to simply “forgive them, even if they are not sorry” and look at the good things in life. The real family you have been given, and the true family that will always be there for you. I feel like I can finally say we’re at a happy point in our lives. I’m proud to say I’ve finally learned how to “shrug it off.” With that being said, Tennessee has been good to us, and reminded us about our true passion in life. I feel like we can finally make some music, and get on with life. “It’s been a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come.”