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" My mom raised a self-aware kid. I wasn't like the typical alpha male. I wasn't afraid to sing, you know? I wasn't afraid to be in musicals. "

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" I'm an African-American man with an Afro who isn't your typical athlete - who wasn't as masculine as other guys. "

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" I can't play an instrument to save my life. But when I'm creating, and when I'm making music, I feel like I'm the head of the orchestra, and I'm just waving my wand, and something is created. "

" I use my clothing choices as a way to express how I feel. "

" I'm a regular guy, and I don't want anyone to look at me as being superior or having a God complex or anything like that, you know? I don't want to walk around like I know everything, because I have so much more room to improve. "

" I knew if I worked hard enough that I'd be successful and eventually give opportunities to others. "

" I feel like baggy pants are cool. "

" I definitely associate songs with the places that I've been. "

" We were told not to turn our hobby into our job, but to turn our job into our hobby. As kids, we were told not to pursue our dreams! "

" I always try to be nice. I never want to be that person that anyone perceives as being rude or disrespectful, 'cause that's not me at all. "

" Uzi is insanely good and super creative. "

" A lot of people feel pressured by the outside influences, whether it's your job, whether it's school. But who says you can't take care of that stuff and still be young? "

" El Paso is where I started. I don't feel like I'd be making the music I'm making now if I hadn't gone there. "

" The first songs I made brought me to the Grammys. I was a five-times nominated teenager off voice memos and songs that were clearly recorded off different mics. "

" I just love matching sets. Tops and bottoms that are the same color are awesome to me, because you can get them in so many different colors - neon colors. "

" I've felt like an outcast most of my life, being in multiple high schools and being a military child. "

" If you don't text your relationship partner - even if you just saw them in person - it's like you're doing something wrong. "

" I got joked on. You had people saying I was stupid, that I was lame, that I was feminine, this and that. I was like, 'OK, but I'm still gonna be successful, and you're not.' "

" Lorde is awesome. She's amazing. She's so talented. We went on tour in Europe, and it was the greatest time of my life. "

" What really keeps me grounded is my fans and the way that I connect with them. "

" I've got to thank the city of El Paso for standing behind me. "

" I would classify myself as an individual. That's what I try to stay true with - being myself, 100 percent. "

" And even though I'm famous, I still go through things that young people go through. "

" Once you're comfortable with the way that you're dressing, you express yourself a lot more, and you're just able to have a lot more fun. "

" I moved from New York to El Paso in 2015, just before my senior year. I was super nervous. My mom, she's in the Army, and she got stationed at Fort Bliss. We packed everything up and drove all the way to El Paso. "

" I started writing out all of my feelings, and people asked me, 'Have you ever thought of recording your music?' It was something I'd always thought of, but I'd never really had the confidence. "

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" Even though I wasn't born or raised in El Paso, it'll always be a part of me until the day that I die. "

" My mom and I, we have trust within each other because at one time in our lives, we were kind of all that we had, you know? My mom had me, and I had her. "