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" It's more interesting for me to figure out how to be superior in areas where I'm naive, where I'm a novice. "

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" Sometimes I'm fascinated with how famous my work could be while I'm not so famous. "

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" I want to thank The Beatles for almost single-handedly getting me out of writer's block. "

" People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear. "

" I don't ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing 'cos that's just... that's just telling yourself a lie. "

" All in all, I just don't trust journalists - and I don't think it's a good practice for me to trust journalists. "

" As long as your intentions are solid and about growth and progression and being productive and not being idle, then you're doing good in my book. "

" I won't touch on risky, because that's subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear. "

" I wrote 'Channel Orange' in two weeks. The end product wasn't always that gritty, real-life depiction of the real struggle that happened. "

" I respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake's important. "

" When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, 'No, I'm just going to write what I feel I should write.' "

" The Internet is just another experiment showing us more sides of us. "

" When I was growing up, there was nobody in my family - not even my mother - who I could look to and be like, 'I know you've never said anything homophobic.' So, you know, you worry about people in the business who you've heard talk that way. Some of my heroes coming up talk recklessly like that. "

" I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication. And I knew I could sing from being in tune with the radio. "

" It's hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure. "

" When you write a song like 'Forrest Gump,' the subject can't be androgynous. It requires an unnecessary amount of effort. "

" I make pop culture. "

" I play piano every day. I enjoy that. "

" I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio became me wanting to be on radio, you know. And writing Langston Hughes replica poems became me wanting to write like Stevie Wonder. "

" The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs, too - eleven jobs. I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway - I was a sandwich artist - and I was a claims processor at Allstate Insurance. "

" I guess I'm just inspired to tell stories. "

" I'm in this business to be creative - I'll even diminish it and say to be a content provider. "

" Of course awards matter. "

" I think we all change each other's paths. I don't know which law idea that is in physics, but I don't think any of us can live without affecting one another. "

" In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. "

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" Obviously, the cinematography of films is art, just as a still shot can be art. If I'm watching a Wes Anderson movie, the colour palettes alone, and the way they're painted, could be art. With music, you're a little bit limited, of course, because it's only audio. "

" In the studio, we adhere to a strict colour code. Developed over decades, the colour code consists of a finite and precise colour palate... The whole world as we experience it comes to us through the mystic realm of colour. "

" I was a thug. "