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

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" 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

" The thing about going back to El Paso, it's overwhelming sometimes. I look at the support that I get and the success that I've had, and I can't walk anywhere without being spotted. My hair might be the biggest crime in this situation. "

" 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. "

" A lot of my songs are about loneliness and losing relationships. Even the ones that are happy, there's a lonely undertone to them. "

" 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 worked hard on making a body of work that takes people on a journey. It was never about making a certain type of song. It was simply about embracing real-life situations. "

" I suffer from anxiety, moments of depression. I'm in my head so much, and I'm thinking so much, I'm playing a tug-of-war within my mind. "

" 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'd love to collaborate with Frank Ocean. He's one of my favorite artists of all time. "

" I was in the sixth grade and living in Germany, when I was hanging out late with some friends. I turned around, and there's a dude dressed up as Michael Myers following us all the way home. It was the scariest thing ever, and it always reminds me of Halloween. In my mind, I was so young, so I really thought it was Mike Myers following me home. "

" We were told not to turn our hobby into our job, but to turn our job into our hobby. As kids, we were told not to pursue our dreams! "

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

" I gotta spread all this love that I have for myself, I gotta spread it to everybody else, because my positivity is going to change at least one person's day a day, and that's all that matters to me. "

" 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

" Love crosses all boundaries. "

" I've met so many new fans and amazing people while traveling to new cities and locations throughout 2017 in support of my album 'American Teen.' "

" 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. "

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

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

" I started writing out all of my feelings, and people asked me, 'Have you ever thought of recording your music?' It was something I'd always thought of, but I'd never really had the confidence. "

" I feel like we go through different stages of love. When you get a little bit older, love starts to feel different, but you see that love has always been there. "

" My mom raised a self-aware kid. I wasn't like the typical alpha male. I wasn't afraid to sing, you know? I wasn't afraid to be in musicals. "

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

" I want to venture out into music education for kids. As a child, I was discouraged by a lack of money, and now I want to use my platform to give back to kids without resources. "

" 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. "

" I'm a regular guy, and I don't want anyone to look at me as being superior or having a God complex or anything like that, you know? I don't want to walk around like I know everything, because I have so much more room to improve. "

" You're not a real fan if you don't know how to say my name. "

" I knew what I wanted and where I wanted to go. I always wanted to entertain and help others. "

" I feel like baggy pants are cool. "

" I had originally planned to do musical theatre and be on Broadway, but then my love for poetry also set in. Once that happened, I became torn between a career as an English teacher or a music teacher. "