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" I co-produced 'Boyfriend' by Justin Bieber and worked on Labrinth's album, so I've been keeping busy. "

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" When I started picking out music for myself, I was a hip-hop kid. DMX, The Roots, Outkast, people like that. "

" I'm kind of like a rapper trapped in a singer's body. "

" I try to listen to as much different music as possible - I've always got music blasting in my ears! "

" It's always hard for an artist from the U.K. to break into the United States. It's especially harder for a rapper because hip-hop is such an American art form. "

" I think I was blessed with this talent for a reason. No one told me how to write a song, but I'm just good at it, you know. There are a lot of other things in my life that I'm not so good at, but writing a song is not one of them. "

" I know it sounds corny, but I look for a girl that has a beautiful personality on the inside. "

" I'm a big fan of country music. "

" A lot of people have trouble putting into words what my music is, and it's because of where I grew up. "

" I'm scared to give gratitude to the people that, if I hadn't heard their stuff, I wouldn't be able to make music. "

" I came to realize that if I was going to succeed in the music industry, I was going to have to learn how to perform my songs myself. "

" It took me a long time to stumble upon a sound, and I figured out I wanted to kinda sing rapper's lyrics. "

" I struggled with depression when I was in high school, and I remember thinking that if I got a record deal and got a hit song, that it would solve all those problems for me. "

" People like me for my songwriting and production, not my singing. "

" I didn't give myself enough love, so I was searching for it in other places, and it was a never ending struggle. "

" I hated the thought of being just a songwriter. "

" I had an initial wave of popularity that, in time, crashed, and I slowly became less popular and less successful, and I had to figure out who I was without those things. "

" I take a lot of pride in my songs. "

" I just sing over hip-hop beats, you know. That's what I've been doing. That's what I started in '09 in my dorm room. "

" I grew up in a city called Southfield, and it's one of the most diverse cities in the country. Just from the different socio-economic statuses and racial and ethnic groups I was around, I was around all different types of music from the beginning. "

" I've always had an eclectic taste in music. But what I try to do is combine these things in ways that others would never think of, like putting Bun B on an Elton John song. "

" I remember with my first album, I was so scared of messing it up, of blowing the opportunity, that I blew it. "

" I think that's what makes my music different from other artists in my lane is that I write every word that's on my album, and every word comes from a real experience or a real feeling that I've either experienced or felt. And I'm very particular about that, and I take a lot of pride in it, so you know if I say something on a song, I mean it. "

" I have my dream job. I get paid to make music. "

" When I went to college, I made my first mixtape, and Sean gave me three verses for it. That was a big reason anyone ever listened to my music. I definitely wouldn't be talking to you now if it wasn't for Big Sean. "

" I was constantly looking for things outside of myself to make me feel good, and I think now that feeling can come from the inside, and that's why I meditate now twice a day. "

" I love the fact that I don't have a real job! "

" When you're a writer, your song has to resonate with the person you're writing for in order for them to want to sing it. But if you're an artist, you can sing whatever you want. "

" You need to stop looking outside and look inside - and it's such a good feeling. A feeling of love and that everything is going to be OK, and all you have to do is nothing. "

" I grew up a hip-hop kid doing mix-tapes. "