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" I was surprised how supportive my family and friends were in my coming out, and it gave and still gives me hope. "
GRiZ
Hope
Coming
Out
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" I feel like music is sort of therapy for myself. "
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Like
Music
Myself
" 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. "
GRiZ
Sit
Day
Tired
" 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. "
GRiZ
Music
Hip-Hop
Kind
" You need to be able to communicate your feelings. We need to be able to do that to feel empowered. "
GRiZ
Feel
Your
You
" 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. "
GRiZ
Head
Doing
Man
" 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. "
GRiZ
Horrible
Cool
Like
" Stay in school and band, kids! It had its nerdy moments, and I always felt like I wanted to do something more with it. "
GRiZ
School
Always
Moments
" I loved playing the saxophone. "
GRiZ
Loved Playing
Saxophone
Loved
" My roots in electronic music go from weird glitch music to now what's seen as pop music. Electronic music is pop music now. "
GRiZ
Roots
Seen
Go
" When I was a kid, I was a really bad collaborator. I was pretty introverted. "
GRiZ
Kid
Pretty
Introverted
" If you make music with business in your head, it'll show. I make it from the heart. There's a difference. "
GRiZ
You
Music
Heart
" My one experience with Lollapalooza was in 2009 - it was actually the first music festival I've ever been to. "
GRiZ
Been
First
Festival
" 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. "
GRiZ
Like
Up
More
" My whole thing, to keep myself interested - and, you know, I'm a huge hip-hop head - I have tons and tons of a cappellas. So I do these live remix mash-ups with my tracks and just throw them in there. "
GRiZ
Live
Know
You
" I'm obsessed with the sound of today, but I was raised on the Motown sound. "
GRiZ
I Was Raised
Today
Obsessed
" I love looking out at a sea of people. It's mind-blowing. But I also like playing clubs. "
GRiZ
Love
Looking
Out
" Fear comes from personal self-acceptance and not the self. "
GRiZ
Personal
Self
Fear
" I haven't written my favorite song yet, and I hope I never do. "
GRiZ
Hope
Favorite
Written
" Most of the people that work for me are my friends, and I'd like to keep it that way. "
GRiZ
Work
Friends
Like
" No matter what happens with EDM, I would like to go to New Orleans and just play with one of those small funk bands in an intimate venue. How cool would it be to work with a band with those huge horn lines and produce all of that great funk that makes you just want to party? "
GRiZ
You
Cool
Great
" Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on. "
GRiZ
Most
Piano
Instrument
" My vision is a blend of the old school and the new school, but with zero rules. "
GRiZ
Rules
Old
Zero
" I love playing live and creating these records that people are so into. "
GRiZ
Live
Creating
Playing
" 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. "
GRiZ
Doing
You
Time
" I don't need more money. I don't need that to be happy. "
GRiZ
Be Happy
Need
Money
" The environment of San Francisco has so much history to it that I really appreciate. Musically, socially, and culturally. There's this new culture of people; it's a crazy place to be. "
GRiZ
People
History
Crazy
" I think we're finally in a culture now where being gay is normalized. "
GRiZ
Now
Finally
Culture
" My brother has been, and will always be, my closest friend. "
GRiZ
Been
Will
Friend
" '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.' "
GRiZ
Small
Myself
Love
" 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. "
GRiZ
Age
Ideas
Inspire