Musician

A lot of times, I'd be styled and, like, wearing a t-shirt I wouldn't ever wear. All the sudden, there's this image of you, and you're like, 'Hold on, wait.'

Things kind of have their arc: you get signed, and your first thought is, 'Oh my God, I made it!' But you never really make it.

I'm not a big tennis fan.

You're always kind of having to 'make it' over and over again, which is cool and makes it fun. But I remember thinking, when I first did it, I was like, 'Cool. I made it. It happened.' And I did not. That's not how it works.

I was on 'In Search of the Partridge Family,' MTV'S 'Miss Seventeen,' and the comedy 'Love Monkey.'

I try not to write two songs about the same thing, although, on occasion, it happens, so I guess it kinda helps to change stuff up.

Movies affecting music has caused me to collaborate a little bit better.

I got No Doubt on cassette, 'Tragic Kingdom.' And I just remember being so psyched about all those songs and, like, the songwriting and just her voice, and her vibe was amazing.

I'm not really a huge team player guy; I wasn't really into sports or anything.

I told a couple friends about it... I was like, 'Hey, might be trans, might want to look at doing hormone therapy, just letting you know'... and they were like, 'Yeah cool. Who cares? Like, whatever, awesome.'

I want people to see just who I am.

It's funny. Some people now are like, 'Why would you transition? Why can't you just be comfortable how you were born?' That was my logic, but at a certain point, I realized that I was born uncomfortable.

I used to be extremely shy.

The song 'Try Too Hard' I wrote when I was 10 or 11.

I'm not ashamed of myself.

It's very, very exciting for me to hear my songs on the radio and to play shows and have people know the words.

I can remember back to being 5 and looking in the mirror, feeling like a girl and wanting that. But growing up in Rochester, there were limited resources. I'd never met a trans person before.

My goal is to make music and be a part of cool projects.

I started out as an artist, but I've always wanted to be a writer and producer.

I was terrified of girls until sophomore year of high school. I couldn't even borrow pencils from them. I'd have to wait until the teacher called me out on it, like, 'Does anybody have a pencil for Teddy?' because I'd be too scared to ask the girl next to me.