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" I think of the pop music that I've made in the past and hear on the radio as candy bars. And I was really good at making candy bars. "

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" I grew up making music in my mum's basement, and I used to tell her I was going down there to work, and she'd say, 'That's not work. Go get a real job!' It took me signing a record deal to change her opinion! "

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

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" Just be yourself and be upfront about your expectations and desires. Don't be ambiguous and play hard to get. It doesn't work. You'll end up in the friend zone. "

" 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. "

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

" I consider myself a lyrics guy. "

" I didn't really experience any hardship like people tend to think of when they hear the words 'Detroit, Michigan.' I think Big Sean is a much better ambassador for the city. "

" I think it should be socially acceptable for men to like 'You're Beautiful' by James Blunt. "

" It's not the job of the art to accommodate me and make me more money, make me more famous and get me more girls. "

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

" A lot of people considered my career as an artist largely over. Two albums got shelved. But I've made music since I was a little kid, and for the majority of that time, I wasn't paid for it. So I will always be making it. "

" 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 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. "

" Honestly, I don't go to clubs very often. "

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" 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. "

" What I'm trying to do is maintain some mindfulness about being popular - I wasn't so great at that last time around. "

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

" My earliest musical memory is of my older sister playing me Nirvana's 'Nevermind' on headphones in the back of the car on a road trip. "

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" 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. "