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

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

" I was very confused with where my life was heading, but I knew that whatever I did, music was going to be involved. "

" I feel like baggy pants are cool. "

" To be recognized and accepted by my musical peers is truly an honor. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" What really keeps me grounded is my fans and the way that I connect with them. "

" Uzi is insanely good and super creative. "

" Lorde is awesome. She's amazing. She's so talented. We went on tour in Europe, and it was the greatest time of my life. "

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

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

" I didn't feel like I had a home until I moved to El Paso. "

" Even though I was super personal with 'American Teen,' I want to tap in and not just tell my own stories but tell the stories of other people - so that I can help as many people as possible. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It wasn't like I was specifically wanting to write songs about technology. It's just what I lived, what I was experiencing growing up. "

" My mom and I, we have trust within each other because at one time in our lives, we were kind of all that we had, you know? My mom had me, and I had her. "

" Love crosses all boundaries. "

" If you don't text your relationship partner - even if you just saw them in person - it's like you're doing something wrong. "

" Joel Little and I have this certain chemistry we have when we work together. "

" In my home, we listened to music all the time. I was raised through music, and I've been interested in it since I was three. "

" I would never have been able to find my voice if I didn't have music education. "

" I always try to be nice. I never want to be that person that anyone perceives as being rude or disrespectful, 'cause that's not me at all. "

" We forget that when you grow up, there are a lot of people who are in the same position as you. The reason we forget is because there's not really a true voice that talks from the perspective of youth. "

" The first songs I made brought me to the Grammys. I was a five-times nominated teenager off voice memos and songs that were clearly recorded off different mics. "

" And even though I'm famous, I still go through things that young people go through. "

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

" 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 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'm still proud of who I am, of my youth, and I feel like now, as individuals, we begin to realise that we can change the future. We all have to participate. "