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" I use my clothing choices as a way to express how I feel. "

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" I've got to thank the city of El Paso for standing behind me. "

" My mind was so geared towards being a performing artist, singing all these classical pieces, but the sense of loneliness I got when I moved from New York to El Paso meant that writing turned into singing. I'd sing all these songs, and they'd make me feel better. Songs that crafted the way my life was going to go. "

" Uzi is insanely good and super creative. "

" Kendrick Lamar deserves a Grammy. He's one of the biggest, most influential rappers of my generation. "

" I was told I wasn't good enough, but I just chose not to listen. "

" Falling in love in high school and falling out of love - it's very digital. I've had breakups where they've called me to tell me we were done, and I've gotten a lot of text messages from an old girlfriend letting me know how she felt about me after we had ended everything. "

Falling In Love

" A lot of people think teenagers haven't gone through anything in their lives - they're not even 20 years old yet. But a twenty-something can go through the same type of experience or heartbreak that a 50-year-old can go through, so why does age matter? "

" I would classify myself as an individual. That's what I try to stay true with - being myself, 100 percent. "

" Combing your hair after a long time is terrible. "

" I've been singing since I could talk correctly. "

" There's been a time where I was like, I wanna be a folk singer; no, I wanna sing soul. I want to sing classical music. I want to sing R&B. I want to be on Broadway. I just wanna sing. Whatever comes out of my mouth, that's what I want to do. "

" I moved from New York to El Paso in 2015, just before my senior year. I was super nervous. My mom, she's in the Army, and she got stationed at Fort Bliss. We packed everything up and drove all the way to El Paso. "

" My high school was what crafted my interest in recording. "

" With 'Location' and all the other songs around it, my music turned into therapy for others. And that's something I really love and am blown away by. "

" As an artist, I never want to be a moment. I want to be a legacy, and I want my music to touch people for years to come. "

" It's crazy that people are looking to me as a symbol like, 'Oh, he's the voice of the youth. He's this and this and that.' I feel like there's a lot of pressure that comes with it, when people look to you as the face of something. "

" I wrote 'Saved' as a form of therapy to get over the fact that I had moved and lost so much of myself. "

" I definitely associate songs with the places that I've been. "

" I can't play an instrument to save my life. But when I'm creating, and when I'm making music, I feel like I'm the head of the orchestra, and I'm just waving my wand, and something is created. "

" Being timeless means you can listen to something when you're feeling a certain way, and it still has that same power as it did when you listened to the record for the first time. Timeless is abnormal. It sticks out. It can't be recreated. "

" I always try to keep my friends within my music. I always play them all of the songs, and they are my biggest critics, and they love it, so that's a good sign. "

" I'm an African-American man with an Afro who isn't your typical athlete - who wasn't as masculine as other guys. "

African-American

" Positivity, confidence, and persistence are key in life, so never give up on yourself. "

" Love crosses all boundaries. "

" When I started writing, I said, 'I don't know how to do this. I don't know if it sounds good.' Coming from being an underdog or being told that something wasn't for you over and over repeatedly, it took a lot out of me. It took a lot of my self-confidence. "

Self-Confidence

" For me, love is endless, and love has no age limit. "

" El Paso is where I started. I don't feel like I'd be making the music I'm making now if I hadn't gone there. "

" Art is fluid, and it travels. You have to let music take you where it wants to take you. You can't necessarily be the controller. "

" I knew if I worked hard enough that I'd be successful and eventually give opportunities to others. "

" I love visiting my friends because it makes me feel normal. "