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" A lot of the album 'The Definition' was made from two things: Pixar movies and J. Dilla. "

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" 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. "

" I'm fascinated by Jesus and pray to him every day. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you get a song placed with two of the top stars in the world, like Rihanna and Eminem, especially as a new writer, they're gonna take a huge chunk of your publishing. That's just the way the business is. I'm not complaining. "

" Sometimes, people will fight over five, six percent, because if it's a smash record, that can mean a lot of money. I don't really care. "

" We're not as happy as our Instagrams and Twitters make us out to be. "

" 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. "

" I wanna make music; that's all I wanna do. "

" 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. "

" I'm just a product of the '90s, to be honest. "

" I loved everything, but it was Kanye West who really changed everything for me. "

" 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. "

" The first 12 bars of 'Pre-Occupied' explains my entire career. "

" I'm not afraid to have my music digestible by different ages. "

" 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. "

" At the end of the day, we want love, and we want to feel loved. "

" You grow up listening to Eminem; your parents don't let you listen to it - you gotta sneak into a car to listen to this guy rap. He changed my whole life, my whole perspective on music, so to more or less co-sign something that I've done is the ultimate childhood goal. "

" If I can show people how vulnerable and how flawed I am, maybe others will relate. "

" 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. "

" I have a fan base eager for more stuff. That makes me more than happy. I know I have an army behind me. "

" My artistry is my baby. "

" My brother is 10 years older than me, so whatever he listened to is what I listened to, and it was all rap. "

" 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. "

" I don't view any of the hits I've ever written as the climax of my career. They're just minor stepping stones. "

" The way Ben Gibbard paints a picture, you feel like, 'I was there that day with him.' You really feel the way he paints pictures and speaks and talks. It's almost like talk-singing. Paul Simon does that very well as well. He's a huge influence of mine. "

" 'Translations Through Speakers' was literally, I'm translating very spottily what my aspirations are. "

" 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. "