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" A friend of mine jokes that I have a painstaking royalty complex. Like maybe I was a duke in a past life. "

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" I don't ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing 'cos that's just... that's just telling yourself a lie. "

" When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, 'No, I'm just going to write what I feel I should write.' "

" I believe that I'm one of the best in the world at what I do, and that's all I've ever wanted to be. "

" The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me. "

" Obviously, the cinematography of films is art, just as a still shot can be art. If I'm watching a Wes Anderson movie, the colour palettes alone, and the way they're painted, could be art. With music, you're a little bit limited, of course, because it's only audio. "

" Here's what I think about music and journalism: The most important thing is to just press play. "

" I need to know how many records I've sold, how many album equivalents from streaming, which territories are playing my music more than others, because it helps me in conversations about where we're gonna be playing shows or where I might open a retail location, like a pop-up store or something. "

" I've gotten used to being Frank Ocean. "

" I'm in this business to be creative - I'll even diminish it and say to be a content provider. "

" It's more interesting for me to figure out how to be superior in areas where I'm naive, where I'm a novice. "

" It's cool to be recognised by your peers. "

" I'm not a centerfold. "

" The way I approach this thing, when I started to get my head screwed on straight and really trying to make something of myself as an artist, when I was 19 or 20, it became more about function for me. Like, what is this song doing to you? What is the function of this type of artform? What is it doing? "

" I worked my face off. "

" I've written some great things. That's a gift, but there's consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer. "

" When you write a song like 'Forrest Gump,' the subject can't be androgynous. It requires an unnecessary amount of effort. "

" Of course awards matter. "

" I don't fear anybody... at all. "

" People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear. "

" I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication. And I knew I could sing from being in tune with the radio. "

" It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story, and all kinds of sonic goodness - sonic goodies. "

" I make pop culture. "

" I don't intend to stop making music. "

" As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy. "

" I want to thank The Beatles for almost single-handedly getting me out of writer's block. "

" As long as your intentions are solid and about growth and progression and being productive and not being idle, then you're doing good in my book. "

" I respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake's important. "

" You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible. "

" I have no delusions about my likability in every scenario. I know that in order to get things done the way you want them, oftentimes your position will be unpopular. "

" I never think about myself as an artist working in this time. I think about it in macro. "