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" I'd watch Pixar movies for, like, six hours, back-to-back. I'd watch 'Finding Nemo' twice a week, back-to-back-to-back, three times in a row. "

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" I have a fan base eager for more stuff. That makes me more than happy. I know I have an army behind me. "

" People don't realize I make records eight or nine months before they come out. I'm directing the videos; I have a lot of work to do. I'm very involved in all that stuff creatively. "

" I'm born and raised Long Island. Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Ben Gibbard - melody-driven guys... They shaped me, molded my music. "

" I'm just a product of the '90s, to be honest. "

" I loved everything, but it was Kanye West who really changed everything for me. "

" Rapping was a hobby; when I went to college, there were a ton of dudes rapping. I think that's where I got my rapping chops up. "

" I grew up on Dilla, Timbaland, Pharrell, all these drums that are super pocketed, so all those influences come out on a song like 'Ungrateful Eyes,' with all the crazy drum swing. "

" I wrote 'Monster' and thought that it would solve a lot of my problems, that I'd have money in the bank, but I felt no different. I was still searching for something. "

" At the end of the day, we want love, and we want to feel loved. "

" My artistry is my baby. "

" I'm fascinated by Jesus and pray to him every day. "

" I used to work at a catering hall in Hauppauge. Anybody who works as a server in a catering hall, more power to you, but I wanted to make music. "

" I wanna make music; that's all I wanna do. "

" You grow up listening to Eminem; your parents don't let you listen to it - you gotta sneak into a car to listen to this guy rap. He changed my whole life, my whole perspective on music, so to more or less co-sign something that I've done is the ultimate childhood goal. "

" Originally, 'The Monster' started out as this indie, Florence And The Machine, tribal-y, almost Spanish-esque dance record. "

" A lot of the album 'The Definition' was made from two things: Pixar movies and J. Dilla. "

" 'Translations Through Speakers' was literally, I'm translating very spottily what my aspirations are. "

" I was sick of waiting for people to jump on hooks for songs I produced. So I tried singing myself, and I haven't looked back. "

" I'm not afraid to have my music digestible by different ages. "

" My brother is 10 years older than me, so whatever he listened to is what I listened to, and it was all rap. "

" Sometimes I feel drawn to writing about my shortcomings because I'm chock full of them. "

" I think honest lyrics help somebody say, 'I was struggling with this, but if Jon goes through that, too, and if Jon's telling me that his life isn't as good as it seems on his Instagram,' that helps somebody in their day to day. "

" I think some of the best music throughout the actual history of music itself came from cultures where they're not really looking for outside themes. It's developed from their hometowns - it's what they love and what they love to do. "

" I came to the realization that I'm a child of God, and that's my identity. If this all goes tomorrow, I don't have the proverbial rug under me that can be pulled out. I'm taken care of, and there's someone who loves me. "

" When you get a song placed with two of the top stars in the world, like Rihanna and Eminem, especially as a new writer, they're gonna take a huge chunk of your publishing. That's just the way the business is. I'm not complaining. "

" If I could be generous and move forward and spread my feelers business-wise and also creatively, that's the best position to put myself in. "

" As long as I don't have to go back to the catering hall and wait tables anymore, I'm very happy. "

" Sometimes, people will fight over five, six percent, because if it's a smash record, that can mean a lot of money. I don't really care. "

" I don't view any of the hits I've ever written as the climax of my career. They're just minor stepping stones. "

" I always want to approach records from where it feels very graspable. You know what the song's about, but it's presented to you in a way that's like, 'I never heard something like this before,' but it doesn't push you away. "