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" I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time. As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new, and keep it exciting. "

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" I've always been a writer. I've always done writing or spoken-word, hip-hop stuff with my friends. "

" There are people I love in Nashville and would not want to go a day without talking to, but I want to see the world. "

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" It's a job, and it's challenging. But I love music and creating. That's why I got into music. "

" When I was in college, I wanted to study film. My first passion was to be a cinematographer. So maybe there's something innate in my music where it partners well with images. "

" New Yorkers are historically tough crowds. "

" I do know great books help shape who I am and how I look at life. "

" I played soccer. I was really known as an athlete. It was a shock to people that I was doing music. They thought it was really odd. "

" With 'City of Black & White,' I wanted a record that would make you feel good, that would sort of take you up in its hand and sweep you along. "

" Being from Oregon, it's part of who I am. "

" Getting married and really digging in with another human being can point out your greatest strengths and your greatest weaknesses. "

" I think you can hear all my hip hop influences in 'Just Kids.' "

" 'Nothing Left to Lose' was an album that I wrote in my bedroom, and you don't know who is listening or who cares. "

" I read about two reviews early on when my first record came out, and it just freaked me out, good and bad, so I've never really kept up with that side of it. "

" I think my faith is a huge part of my music. But for me, it didn't make sense to be in any specific market. I write songs for a lot of different kinds of people. "

" I love to play the songs that got me to where I am. I like to take a little bit from all of my records and mix it up. "

" Even on tour, where I perform songs from 'City Of Black And White,' I still do songs from 'Nothing Left To Lose.' I never turned my back on that material. On some albums, you change - that's all. The trick is to follow your heart and do what feels right. "

" My first album was hip-hop influenced, and my second was more of a singer-songwriter album. "

" There are a lot of great recording artists, like Jack White and Jack Johnson, who stay confined inside a very small box, but I'm more like Bon Iver, who recorded an album with programmed drums, and the next record was totally organic. I get that. "

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