“The Side Eye” at Emerge Impact + Music was more than a showcase of music, speakers and films, it was an affirmational dunk-tank.

'I created this body of work that I thought would change my life. And that body of work sat on my hard drive for about a year.'

Plus, goose love, paying for videos with jet fuel and a spontaneous scene from "Les Miserables."

"I think of it like a relationship, where they might take you for granted until they see someone else showing interest, and then they’re like: He’s ours."

"I feel like I live a fantasy. Every 18 months I get to go learn about something brand new and get all of these experts to spend time and teach me. It’s wonderful."

What lies beneath the "frubber"?

“Tom Petty was almost a spirit guide out there in those woods, [telling me] to persevere, to get out of that small town and go do something else.”