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

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" 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. "

" 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 write a lot of sad songs! "

" In day-to-day life, there's so much that's calculated: so many fake, surface-level interactions that don't amount to anything. "

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

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

" 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 think a lot of pop music is escapist. "

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

" '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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" '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'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. "

" With pretty much everything that I've done, in terms of going from being a songwriter and producer for other artists to doing my stuff, all the songs that I've kept to myself have always been me writing about my life. "

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

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

" People come up to me with tattoos of my lyrics! "

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

" I feel like Drake could literally put out anything - like, the sound of seagulls over a beat - and it could be the Number One song on Spotify. "

" I sort of feel that I have to constantly be really, really honest with the way I feel, and I have to get that out. "

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

" I miss the energy of New York City and being able to step out of my apartment and see so much unique culture all the time around me without having to seek it out. In L.A., I have to sort of seek out everything I'm trying to do. It makes it less spontaneous. "

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

" Kids can tell if you're being genuine or not. "