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" My mom is my biggest inspiration by far. She inspires me on a daily basis. I remember hearing her sing around the house, and I was like, 'Mom, you belong on TV. You're a superstar.' "

" My mom and I, we have trust within each other because at one time in our lives, we were kind of all that we had, you know? My mom had me, and I had her. "

" Positivity, confidence, and persistence are key in life, so never give up on yourself. "

" I'm a regular guy, and I don't want anyone to look at me as being superior or having a God complex or anything like that, you know? I don't want to walk around like I know everything, because I have so much more room to improve. "

" Being timeless means you can listen to something when you're feeling a certain way, and it still has that same power as it did when you listened to the record for the first time. Timeless is abnormal. It sticks out. It can't be recreated. "

" I've felt like an outcast most of my life, being in multiple high schools and being a military child. "

" I would classify myself as an individual. That's what I try to stay true with - being myself, 100 percent. "

" As an artist, I never want to be a moment. I want to be a legacy, and I want my music to touch people for years to come. "

" I moved from New York to El Paso in 2015, just before my senior year. I was super nervous. My mom, she's in the Army, and she got stationed at Fort Bliss. We packed everything up and drove all the way to El Paso. "

" We were told not to turn our hobby into our job, but to turn our job into our hobby. As kids, we were told not to pursue our dreams! "

" A lot of people feel pressured by the outside influences, whether it's your job, whether it's school. But who says you can't take care of that stuff and still be young? "

" I was very confused with where my life was heading, but I knew that whatever I did, music was going to be involved. "

" With 'Location' and all the other songs around it, my music turned into therapy for others. And that's something I really love and am blown away by. "

" I want to venture out into music education for kids. As a child, I was discouraged by a lack of money, and now I want to use my platform to give back to kids without resources. "

" I knew what I wanted and where I wanted to go. I always wanted to entertain and help others. "

" It wasn't like I was specifically wanting to write songs about technology. It's just what I lived, what I was experiencing growing up. "

" In my home, we listened to music all the time. I was raised through music, and I've been interested in it since I was three. "

" I got joked on. You had people saying I was stupid, that I was lame, that I was feminine, this and that. I was like, 'OK, but I'm still gonna be successful, and you're not.' "

" You're not a real fan if you don't know how to say my name. "

" I wrote 'Saved' as a form of therapy to get over the fact that I had moved and lost so much of myself. "

" I'm still proud of who I am, of my youth, and I feel like now, as individuals, we begin to realise that we can change the future. We all have to participate. "

" My peers inspire me, especially being a newer artist. "

" When I started writing, I said, 'I don't know how to do this. I don't know if it sounds good.' Coming from being an underdog or being told that something wasn't for you over and over repeatedly, it took a lot out of me. It took a lot of my self-confidence. "

Self-Confidence

" I'm an African-American man with an Afro who isn't your typical athlete - who wasn't as masculine as other guys. "

African-American

" To be recognized and accepted by my musical peers is truly an honor. "

" I would never have been able to find my voice if I didn't have music education. "

" The first songs I made brought me to the Grammys. I was a five-times nominated teenager off voice memos and songs that were clearly recorded off different mics. "

" For me, love is endless, and love has no age limit. "

" Falling in love in high school and falling out of love - it's very digital. I've had breakups where they've called me to tell me we were done, and I've gotten a lot of text messages from an old girlfriend letting me know how she felt about me after we had ended everything. "

Falling In Love

" My high school was what crafted my interest in recording. "