I started to put words together and people actually responded in a positive way. I felt like I was onto something. If people were going through some fucked-up situation, I’d get in my head and write about it. To see the look on their face when I somehow touched on what they were going through—well, you get a little praise for something, you follow up on it. And being from a family that didn’t communicate very well, it felt good to express myself.
