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" I loved everything, but it was Kanye West who really changed everything for me. "

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" If I can show people how vulnerable and how flawed I am, maybe others will relate. "

" 'Translations Through Speakers' was literally, I'm translating very spottily what my aspirations are. "

" I'm born and raised Long Island. Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Ben Gibbard - melody-driven guys... They shaped me, molded my music. "

" If I could be generous and move forward and spread my feelers business-wise and also creatively, that's the best position to put myself in. "

" I'd watch Pixar movies for, like, six hours, back-to-back. I'd watch 'Finding Nemo' twice a week, back-to-back-to-back, three times in a row. "

" I have a fan base eager for more stuff. That makes me more than happy. I know I have an army behind me. "

" I used to work at a catering hall in Hauppauge. Anybody who works as a server in a catering hall, more power to you, but I wanted to make music. "

" Sometimes I feel drawn to writing about my shortcomings because I'm chock full of them. "

" When you get a song placed with two of the top stars in the world, like Rihanna and Eminem, especially as a new writer, they're gonna take a huge chunk of your publishing. That's just the way the business is. I'm not complaining. "

" I'm not afraid to have my music digestible by different ages. "

" I came to the realization that I'm a child of God, and that's my identity. If this all goes tomorrow, I don't have the proverbial rug under me that can be pulled out. I'm taken care of, and there's someone who loves me. "

" I always want to approach records from where it feels very graspable. You know what the song's about, but it's presented to you in a way that's like, 'I never heard something like this before,' but it doesn't push you away. "

" I wrote 'Monster' and thought that it would solve a lot of my problems, that I'd have money in the bank, but I felt no different. I was still searching for something. "

" I think some of the best music throughout the actual history of music itself came from cultures where they're not really looking for outside themes. It's developed from their hometowns - it's what they love and what they love to do. "

" I wanna make music; that's all I wanna do. "

" Originally, 'The Monster' started out as this indie, Florence And The Machine, tribal-y, almost Spanish-esque dance record. "

" I'm fascinated by Jesus and pray to him every day. "

" I just never really though you could or couldn't listen to a certain type of music. "

" You can't really force kids to like music. I'm a firm believer in an organic fan base. "

" I think honest lyrics help somebody say, 'I was struggling with this, but if Jon goes through that, too, and if Jon's telling me that his life isn't as good as it seems on his Instagram,' that helps somebody in their day to day. "

" The way Ben Gibbard paints a picture, you feel like, 'I was there that day with him.' You really feel the way he paints pictures and speaks and talks. It's almost like talk-singing. Paul Simon does that very well as well. He's a huge influence of mine. "

" People can relate more to being honest about your problems, your insecurities, and the things that you find wrong with yourself. Because that's how we really are. "

" I'm just a product of the '90s, to be honest. "

" I was sick of waiting for people to jump on hooks for songs I produced. So I tried singing myself, and I haven't looked back. "

" As far as the U.K. goes, The 1975 is one of my favourite groups in a very long time. I love the sonics. I love everything they do. "

" We're not as happy as our Instagrams and Twitters make us out to be. "

" At the end of the day, we want love, and we want to feel loved. "

" I grew up on Dilla, Timbaland, Pharrell, all these drums that are super pocketed, so all those influences come out on a song like 'Ungrateful Eyes,' with all the crazy drum swing. "

" You grow up listening to Eminem; your parents don't let you listen to it - you gotta sneak into a car to listen to this guy rap. He changed my whole life, my whole perspective on music, so to more or less co-sign something that I've done is the ultimate childhood goal. "

" When I want to get inspired, I'll put a Pixar movie on silent and listen to Nas. "