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" Every single thing I've done has made me who I am today. The only thing I would take back is hurting the people that I love, and the people who I love have already read my lyrics and heard my apologies. But the rest of the world, I don't need to apologize to them. My life doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the world. "

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" Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down. "

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" I'm one of the luckiest people in the world that I was able to do what I fell in love with and be able to make a living doing it. "

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" We're only as big as our experiences. "

" People read things on Google, and they have these perceptions, these misconceived perceptions of who you are. At times that hurts, because they really don't know who I am. "

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" I'm going to take care of myself because that's what I need to take care of. "