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" I'm super-into sappy movies like 'La La Land' and 'Midnight in Paris.' "

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" Growing up, I played in different bands and did a lot of self-booked touring and traveling around, and my sister was driving us on tour, and we're playing for nobody and literally begging my friends that I went to high school with to buy tickets to our shows. "

" Ever since I visited Paris when I was younger, the sappy side of me really wanted to write a song about it someday. "

" I love nostalgia. "

" It's tough to know what I'm going to write about. I never really know until it starts happening. "

" I've been through so many different phases, partly because I moved around so much. I never found my identity based on where I was from. It was always pick up and explore something else. "

" For a lot of people going through their first love, you're both still figuring yourself out. "

" I went from playing for nobody and having awkward experiences at award shows to now being all over the place playing sold-out shows for people who know all of the words. "

" I really hope to give to other people who are listening to my music the same thing that it's done for me, which is make me feel more free and more accepting of myself. "

" One of my favorite cities is Tokyo because of sushi, and Asian food in general, but then also the way Tokyo operates, because it's so clean, and there's space for a lot of variety of stores. "

" For whatever reason, I've always gravitated towards music that feels nostalgic or longing or beautifully tragic. "

" In a way, the traditional album is no longer as important as it used to be. But at the same time, I don't want to be the kind of artist who just releases one song after another. "

" I am realising this now more as I grow up: that I never really felt connected to locations. In some sense, I always kind of felt a little lost in that I never had any hometown pride. While I experience a lot different places and experiences, I always felt a little detached. "

" I write a lot of sad songs! "

" 'Lauv' comes from the Latvian word for lion, and my mom's side of the family is from Latvia - it's a place I've been probably 15 times or more. I'm also a Leo, and my real name, Ari, means lion. "

" Everybody in L.A. is a songwriter, producer, actor, creative. For some reason, you're supposed to go to a bar and all hang out and act like you like each other. There is a lot of fake stuff that goes on. "

" I've always hated the feeling of trying to be cool or trying to fit in. "

" I put out my first song, 'The Other,' in 2015 just on Soundcloud. It was always my most popular song but never really went far in a mainstream way. Then, a couple years after it came out, I watched it go from 8 million to, like, 100 million. "

" 'I Met You When I Was 18' is a collection of songs, a story about moving to New York City when I was 18 and falling in love for the first time. A story about trying to figure out your own identity whilst being deeply intertwined with someone else's. "

" I just think that any person who wants music to be their career shouldn't focus on a record label. I have seen friends who sign to a label too early in their career, and they lost control over their music, and their releases were delayed or never put out. "

" I'm trying to basically just focus on sharing everything that I was feeling with other people, so I can hopefully inspire other people to free themselves. "

" I could never write a proper party song. "

" All the best art and music feels like some type of truth - even if it's really simple - that you just can't deny. A listener can feel that. "

" The thing about Sheeran is that he is an incredibly real artist and songwriter. He is not trying to be anybody else other than himself. "

" I do feel like I'm a little too much of a bummer sometimes. "

" At the end of the day, we all want to fall in love. "

" All of this music, It's definitely been the most freeing thing that I've ever done. "

" I love exploring the more complicated side of love. I feel like I've always gravitated toward that. "

" I love bodies of work and albums and stuff like that. "

" Living in L.A. has been really good for me as a creator and musician. "