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" All of this music, It's definitely been the most freeing thing that I've ever done. "

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" One of my favorite cities is Tokyo because of sushi, and Asian food in general, but then also the way Tokyo operates, because it's so clean, and there's space for a lot of variety of stores. "

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" I am realising this now more as I grow up: that I never really felt connected to locations. In some sense, I always kind of felt a little lost in that I never had any hometown pride. While I experience a lot different places and experiences, I always felt a little detached. "

" Being vulnerable is the hardest thing for so many people, including myself, but it's also the most satisfying thing. "

The Hardest Thing

" Any one thing can get in the way of you and your brain being comfortable and being inspired. It's the difference between a really big song and a song that never existed. "

" I do feel like I'm a little too much of a bummer sometimes. "

" I put out my first song, 'The Other,' in 2015 just on Soundcloud. It was always my most popular song but never really went far in a mainstream way. Then, a couple years after it came out, I watched it go from 8 million to, like, 100 million. "

" I could never write a proper party song. "

" Ever since I visited Paris when I was younger, the sappy side of me really wanted to write a song about it someday. "

" I love bodies of work and albums and stuff like that. "

" I think a lot of pop music is escapist. "

" I went from playing for nobody and having awkward experiences at award shows to now being all over the place playing sold-out shows for people who know all of the words. "

" 'Lauv' comes from the Latvian word for lion, and my mom's side of the family is from Latvia - it's a place I've been probably 15 times or more. I'm also a Leo, and my real name, Ari, means lion. "

" People come up to me with tattoos of my lyrics! "

" I think everybody goes through that, especially... being in love for the first time. Some people, they're lucky enough that that ends up being who they're with for the rest of their lives, and sometimes it doesn't work out. "

" All the best art and music feels like some type of truth - even if it's really simple - that you just can't deny. A listener can feel that. "

" I just think that any person who wants music to be their career shouldn't focus on a record label. I have seen friends who sign to a label too early in their career, and they lost control over their music, and their releases were delayed or never put out. "

" I'm trying to basically just focus on sharing everything that I was feeling with other people, so I can hopefully inspire other people to free themselves. "

" In a way, the traditional album is no longer as important as it used to be. But at the same time, I don't want to be the kind of artist who just releases one song after another. "

" With pretty much everything that I've done, in terms of going from being a songwriter and producer for other artists to doing my stuff, all the songs that I've kept to myself have always been me writing about my life. "

" I love exploring the more complicated side of love. I feel like I've always gravitated toward that. "

" For whatever reason, I've always gravitated towards music that feels nostalgic or longing or beautifully tragic. "