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" A lot of the album 'The Definition' was made from two things: Pixar movies and J. Dilla. "
Made
Definition
Movies
" As far as the U.K. goes, The 1975 is one of my favourite groups in a very long time. I love the sonics. I love everything they do. "
Long
Everything
Time
" As long as I don't have to go back to the catering hall and wait tables anymore, I'm very happy. "
Happy
Back
Go
" At the end of the day, we want love, and we want to feel loved. "
Day
Loved
Love
" I always want to approach records from where it feels very graspable. You know what the song's about, but it's presented to you in a way that's like, 'I never heard something like this before,' but it doesn't push you away. "
Know
Want
You
" I came to the realization that I'm a child of God, and that's my identity. If this all goes tomorrow, I don't have the proverbial rug under me that can be pulled out. I'm taken care of, and there's someone who loves me. "
Tomorrow
Care
Child
" I don't view any of the hits I've ever written as the climax of my career. They're just minor stepping stones. "
Stones
Career
View
" I'd watch Pixar movies for, like, six hours, back-to-back. I'd watch 'Finding Nemo' twice a week, back-to-back-to-back, three times in a row. "
Three
Movies
Finding
" If I can show people how vulnerable and how flawed I am, maybe others will relate. "
Others
Show
People
" If I could be generous and move forward and spread my feelers business-wise and also creatively, that's the best position to put myself in. "
Best
Position
Myself
" I grew up on Dilla, Timbaland, Pharrell, all these drums that are super pocketed, so all those influences come out on a song like 'Ungrateful Eyes,' with all the crazy drum swing. "
Eyes
Up
Ungrateful
" I have a fan base eager for more stuff. That makes me more than happy. I know I have an army behind me. "
Army
Happy
Know
" I just never really though you could or couldn't listen to a certain type of music. "
You
Though
Never
" I loved everything, but it was Kanye West who really changed everything for me. "
West
Me
Everything
" I'm born and raised Long Island. Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Ben Gibbard - melody-driven guys... They shaped me, molded my music. "
Island
Born
Shaped
" I'm fascinated by Jesus and pray to him every day. "
Jesus
Him
Every Day
" I'm just a product of the '90s, to be honest. "
Honest
Just
Product
" I'm not afraid to have my music digestible by different ages. "
Different
Ages
Afraid
" I think honest lyrics help somebody say, 'I was struggling with this, but if Jon goes through that, too, and if Jon's telling me that his life isn't as good as it seems on his Instagram,' that helps somebody in their day to day. "
Day
Think
Good
" I think some of the best music throughout the actual history of music itself came from cultures where they're not really looking for outside themes. It's developed from their hometowns - it's what they love and what they love to do. "
Love
Best
Think
" I used to work at a catering hall in Hauppauge. Anybody who works as a server in a catering hall, more power to you, but I wanted to make music. "
Work
More
Power
" I wanna make music; that's all I wanna do. "
Make
Music
Wanna
" I was raised on 'TRL' and listened to every genre that sounded good to me, from Sum 41 to Jay Z to Band of Horses to J. Dilla to Deathcab for Cutie to Pharrell. "
Genre
Band
Me
" I was sick of waiting for people to jump on hooks for songs I produced. So I tried singing myself, and I haven't looked back. "
Singing
Waiting
Sick
" I wrote 'Monster' and thought that it would solve a lot of my problems, that I'd have money in the bank, but I felt no different. I was still searching for something. "
Thought
Searching
Lot
" My artistry is my baby. "
Artistry
Baby
" My brother is 10 years older than me, so whatever he listened to is what I listened to, and it was all rap. "
Whatever
Rap
Brother
" Originally, 'The Monster' started out as this indie, Florence And The Machine, tribal-y, almost Spanish-esque dance record. "
Started
Dance
Almost
" People can relate more to being honest about your problems, your insecurities, and the things that you find wrong with yourself. Because that's how we really are. "
Problems
Yourself
You
" People don't realize I make records eight or nine months before they come out. I'm directing the videos; I have a lot of work to do. I'm very involved in all that stuff creatively. "
Before
Realize
Involved
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