Beautiful moments and life-changing breakthroughs anchor all of Austin’s music, which manages somehow to be both lighthearted and firmly anchored in what truly matters. “I think the power of a song is really in the connection between the person listening and the song itself,” he says. “A song is like a child. Once I write and infuse it with all the love I have, it’s out of my hands. I’ve done all I can do to make it magical.”