The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.
We live in a post-authentic world, and today authenticity is a house of mirrors. It's all just what you're bringing when the lights go down. It's your teachers, your influences, and your personal history. At the end of the day, it's the power and purpose of your music that still matters.
All I try to do is write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.