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“The first thing anybody tells you about this business is to say what makes you unique and different, but I couldn’t, and the very idea of it never sat well with me. After much deliberation, I finally realized why – because I’m not unique or different. I’m exactly like you, and I love that. We each have a unique filter through which we interpret the world, and with this filter in place, I write stories and songs. You might find them surprising or intriguing, even confronting. You may relate or you may not. They may make you laugh and sometimes, even cry. You may or may not understand what I’m trying to say, and you may not understand me. However, rest assured, once we get past the filters, at our core, we are wonderfully and beautifully the same. As an artist, I’m on a quest to see what’s inside me—what I can pull out of my soul. I am unafraid of the consequences.” The playfully titled Deep Dark Down & Blue is rife with intriguing layers. The album’s weighty title belies the