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" Boys do cry, but I don't think I shed a tear for a good chunk of my teenage years. "

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" I had writer's block for almost a year. "

" 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. "

" It started to weigh on me that I was responsible for the moves that had made me successful, but I wasn't reaping the lion's share of the profits, and that was problematic for me. "

" 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 enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that. "

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

" I'm big on what's in good taste. "

" Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story, but music sometimes, just music itself, can turn into more of a maths problem. I guess everything in life is a math problem, but it can be more about an empirical route to getting the symmetry that you want, and this vibe, sonically. "

" As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that. "

" Because I'm not in a record deal, I don't have to operate in an album format. "

" I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes I'm fascinated with how famous my work could be while I'm not so famous. "

" You can't think; you just gotta do things. "

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

" 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.' "

" The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs, too - eleven jobs. I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway - I was a sandwich artist - and I was a claims processor at Allstate Insurance. "

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

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

" I've always wanted to make a career in the arts, and I think that my only hope at doing that is to make it more about the work. "

" I grew up in New Orleans. I had just moved into my dorm at the University of New Orleans, and I was doing laundry, and my mom called me, like, 'We've got to evacuate. There's a hurricane's coming.' "

" Super-envious of the fact that Daft Punk can wear robot helmets and be one of the most famous bands in the world, while also understanding that will never be my situation. "

" I might just write a novel next. I don't know! "

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

" 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. "

" My music definitely comes from a place of experience. Everything connects to a truth. "

" It's hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure. "