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" I love looking out at a sea of people. It's mind-blowing. But I also like playing clubs. "

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" I like mixing things up. That makes it more interesting. I love mixing in slower funk with what I do. I'll add drum and bass and put my foot to the gas pedal and press it to the floor. "

" If you make music with business in your head, it'll show. I make it from the heart. There's a difference. "

" There are always safe spaces. You can be a beacon for other people who are struggling. It's hard to put your heart out there and put it in other peoples' hands. But the receiving end is gentle. "

" I feel like music is sort of therapy for myself. "

" I was a huge fan of '90s hip-hop, and a lot of what they got their music from was funk and soul records. They just, like, take a clip of that and rap over it because, you know, that was just kind of what was up. "

" The most important thing, to me is the intention of where things come from, like, why did you use it? What were the intentions of what you did? And if the intention is good, the intention is pure, then everything will turn out good. "

" I love hip-hop, and I like the beats the most. "

" Being in the high-school band was some of the funnest years of my life. "

" It's all about the music. Everything else is just extra. "

" I wanna take a step forward, and I also wanna make sure that step forward is the step that I want and that I'm not being pressured by life. You try and get better at doing something, and a lot of the time, it's because somebody told you that you needed to be better. "

" I think it would be super, hella cool to hop into a cab & hear my song on the radio - like, 'Yeah!' - and also be like, 'Who is this Griz guy? He's horrible.' That'd be really cool. "

" When I was a kid, I was a really bad collaborator. I was pretty introverted. "

" My brother has been, and will always be, my closest friend. "

" Always focus on the music first. That's the big thing. Staying true to making good music and not sacrificing that for anything. "

" Most of the people that work for me are my friends, and I'd like to keep it that way. "

" In this day and age, I really just don't want to sell people on something. I don't want to have to sell you sound. I don't like selling emotions. Or ideas. I just want to give you these ideas and inspire people. "

" Computers are really patient. They can sit there all day. It's a totally different situation dealing with humans. They can be tired or overly excited. "

" I haven't written my favorite song yet, and I hope I never do. "

" I don't need more money. I don't need that to be happy. "

" It is totally cool to be gay. "

" For 'The Anthem,' a lot of my fans were like 'Oh, man, he's getting lazy making just, like, a pop format tune that everyone's doing these days.' But on this album, I wanted to write songs with vocals that would get stuck in my head, not just movements of instrumentals. "

" I have a top 10 list of my favorite movies of all time, and just for the sake of not having my top 5 be entirely Miyazaki films, I had to pick one. So, right now, my favorite Miyazaki film is probably 'Princess Mononoke.' "

" My parents took a fairly liberal approach at raising me, always encouraging me to be creative and free-thinking. "

" I'm obsessed with the sound of today, but I was raised on the Motown sound. "

" I love playing live and creating these records that people are so into. "

" You need to be able to communicate your feelings. We need to be able to do that to feel empowered. "

" I was surprised how supportive my family and friends were in my coming out, and it gave and still gives me hope. "

" 'Say It Loud' came from many, many small battles. From, 'I hate myself, and I hate this,' to, 'I love this, and it's my favorite thing...' to, 'This is the best thing in existence.' "

" Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on. "

" My vision is a blend of the old school and the new school, but with zero rules. "