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

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" 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 was really lucky to grow up in an extremely diverse neighborhood. "

" I've remixed lots of other people's songs, from Adele to Electric Light Orchestra to Beyonce, so when my record label said, 'Why don't you give 'Ibiza' to someone to remix?' I said, 'Sure,' because I like the idea of people reimagining art and making something new out of it. "

" When I recorded 'Cooler Than Me', I had been singing for like, three months at the most. I was just a producer experimenting with my voice on tracks, and now I'm, like, a really good singer in a legit way. "

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

" I realized I could do music for the sake of music, not the other things that come with it. That was a major shift. "

" I remember I wanted to be an athlete. I wanted to be in the NFL or NBA or something, and I don't think I dreamed of being a benchwarmer. I'm sure I wanted to be the best. But I didn't really ever think I was going to be a famous musician. "

" I really look up to Louis C.K. I think he's great. And obviously he's very popular, more popular than me. Years ago, I was thinking, naively, it would be great to be that popular. And then I thought about it and then I realized that, with his money and his level of notoriety, he has all of the same emotions that I do. "

" I wanted to break into producing, so I would peddle my tracks and beats to labels. I always heard the same thing: They liked the music, but it didn't fit any of the artists on their roster. "

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

" If a song about blowing your shot becomes popular, that's really funny. "

" There was a time when being loaded and loved and popular really mattered a lot to me. I'd say that when I was less popular, I learned to be happy without those things. "

" I believe in the ethos of the remix, like Andy Warhol making a painting of a Campbell's soup label. "

" I want to headline Bonnaroo. I just want to do it more than anything in the world. "

" It's easier to make art for a society at a certain point in time with an understanding of what's going on. "

" Nothing means more to me than making the best music and me getting better as a writer and producer... I want you to know I work really hard. The bar is really high. "

" That's why I make mixtapes. That's why I work with Don Cannon; that's why i work with Big Sean. Even though I don't rap, I got love and acceptance in that community, and that's something that I really take seriously and hold close to my heart. "

" Detroit is in my music consciously and subconsciously. "

" My favorite Duke player ever is Steve Wojciechowski. He called me one day congratulating me on my success thus far, and I was like,'I appreciate it, but man, please don't congratulate me. I know when you guys start the season, you're not just trying to be 10-10 or ACC champions, you're trying to win it all.' "

" 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. "

" It's just about being honest. I listen to a lot of stuff that's out there, some of which I wrote, and I'm like, 'Where is that? Where's the honesty?' So that's what I want to get to in my music now. "

" 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. "

" I stay up too late pretty much every night working on music. "

" I have a very wide spectrum of stuff that I grew up listening to. "

" If they want to party and do all the things I say brought me sadness in my song, with my song as the soundtrack... so be it. "

" How can a song all about struggling with the afterglow of fame thrust someone into fame? How can a lyric like, 'I'm just a singer who already blew his shot,' give a singer another shot? I don't know... but it's funny. "

" I made a CD in my dorm room and put it on the Internet, and my friends blew it up. Within a few months, I was doing shows across the country without a record deal, without a single, without anything. "

" I try to tell the truth in my lyrics; write good melodies and make hard beats. So, basically, I just combine hip-hop with melody. That's how I classify myself. "

" Some of my early musical memories are attached to grunge. "

" My focus is to try to appreciate the present moment more and more and more. "