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" I'll read on Twitter, 'Do you still do music?' Music is all I do, all day. "

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" I've always had an eclectic taste in music. But what I try to do is combine these things in ways that others would never think of, like putting Bun B on an Elton John song. "

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" I feel super, super grateful that I get to make music. "

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" If a song about blowing your shot becomes popular, that's really funny. "

" I think of the pop music that I've made in the past and hear on the radio as candy bars. And I was really good at making candy bars. "

" I looked at myself and realized I had a lot of boundaries up about what I would talk about, what was private for me and what wasn't. I decided to just get rid of them. It was quite liberating. "

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" In my short career, I tend not to repeat myself. I have no interest in redoing something. Sometimes that makes people angry, and maybe it's not the best thing for me commercially. But it's the best thing for me artistically, and it's the best thing for my heart. "

" My favorite Duke player ever is Steve Wojciechowski. He called me one day congratulating me on my success thus far, and I was like,'I appreciate it, but man, please don't congratulate me. I know when you guys start the season, you're not just trying to be 10-10 or ACC champions, you're trying to win it all.' "

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" I didn't give myself enough love, so I was searching for it in other places, and it was a never ending struggle. "

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" I did rap when I was a teenager - started rapping when I was nine, and started singing when I was 20. I kinda sing like a rapper would sing. "

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" I remember being 24 in Los Angeles. And up until that moment, when my mom would call my cell phone and it would ring, I would be flushed with some sort of excitement that we all have - a little dopamine rush, when my phone rings - and I'd look down, and it would say, 'Mom.' It used to feel like a job to pick that up. "

" I take a lot of pride in my songs. "

" I was trying to maintain a facade of infallibility, which is exhausting. Like, I used to wear tons of makeup because I had bad skin. I couldn't go out in public without makeup on. "

" If they want to party and do all the things I say brought me sadness in my song, with my song as the soundtrack... so be it. "