Cat Burns

He was in and out of remission, and then he passed Christmas Day.

Yeah, I guess it's happened when I've been quite young, 20 and 24.

But again, I think it's...

Part of my story and it's allowed me to be more vulnerable than I've ever been in my life.

And it allowed me to connect with everyone in my life on a way deeper level.

And I've had people in my life like, oh my gosh, when I eventually experience grief, I feel like I'll be safe around you.

Yeah, that's why I make music in the first place and why I love music because it is therapy.

And there's something about, like it could be really hard for someone to say something, but to sing it is easier in a way of a poem.

And I just found, I think, again, not in a mean way, but our lives aren't that unique, right?

We're all in the same simulation.

We're all on the same earth.

So music is a way, I think, to connect people to each other because there might be someone sitting in their room who's isolated themselves and is like, I'm the only one going through this thing.

Life is just awful.

I don't know why this is happening to me.

And then they can slap on a song and someone's talking about that exact scenario and being like,

oh, this song has literally been written for me.

I'm not alone in this.

Maybe these things do happen to everybody.

It might be a really awful breakup or death or something.

And being able to listen to a song where someone else has experienced that exact thing and being like, oh my God, I'm not alone, is such a comforting feeling, especially as someone who feels different from everybody else and wanting to seek connection in every way possible.