flawlessgentlemen:

I started writing my own lyrics around age 11, but I didn’t have any control over my voice, and singing in front of anyone made me sick. I’m only just now beginning to really break out of that. Doing the covers helped me find my tone and taught me how to produce vocals. It also gave me this huge boost of confidence when strangers were enjoying what I was uploading, they were the first to really hear me sing like that.

timotheschalamet:

“My insecurities about myself can be so damaging that it affects how I perform, or how much I enjoy a job. No matter what I achieve, my brain can somehow trick me into believing that I don’t know what I’m doing, which kind of sucks. I’m still working through that, it’s a daily practice, and maybe I’d give up if I didn’t love all of this so damn much. Thankfully, I’m getting to a stage where I’ve realized I don’t have time for those negative thoughts, because that’s all they are, so I have to let them in, and let them pass through as quickly as they came.”

Keiynan Lonsdale photographed by Storm Santos for Vulkan Magazine (2017)