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" 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. "
Jon Bellion
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" I have a fan base eager for more stuff. That makes me more than happy. I know I have an army behind me. "
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" I just never really though you could or couldn't listen to a certain type of music. "
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" 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. "
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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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" You can't really force kids to like music. I'm a firm believer in an organic fan base. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't view any of the hits I've ever written as the climax of my career. They're just minor stepping stones. "
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" 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. "
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Money
" When I want to get inspired, I'll put a Pixar movie on silent and listen to Nas. "
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" My brother is 10 years older than me, so whatever he listened to is what I listened to, and it was all rap. "
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" As long as I don't have to go back to the catering hall and wait tables anymore, I'm very happy. "
Jon Bellion
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" 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. "
Jon Bellion
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More
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" 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. "
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Lot
" I'm born and raised Long Island. Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Ben Gibbard - melody-driven guys... They shaped me, molded my music. "
Jon Bellion
Island
Born
Shaped
" We're not as happy as our Instagrams and Twitters make us out to be. "
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Happy
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
Jon Bellion
Eyes
Up
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" 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. "
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Know
Want
You
" Rapping was a hobby; when I went to college, there were a ton of dudes rapping. I think that's where I got my rapping chops up. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm fascinated by Jesus and pray to him every day. "
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" The first 12 bars of 'Pre-Occupied' explains my entire career. "
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Bars
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" My artistry is my baby. "
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" I'm just a product of the '90s, to be honest. "
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" I loved everything, but it was Kanye West who really changed everything for me. "
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" If I can show people how vulnerable and how flawed I am, maybe others will relate. "
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" 'Translations Through Speakers' was literally, I'm translating very spottily what my aspirations are. "
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" Originally, 'The Monster' started out as this indie, Florence And The Machine, tribal-y, almost Spanish-esque dance record. "
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