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" My music definitely comes from a place of experience. Everything connects to a truth. "

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" 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 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. "

" I believe that I'm one of the best in the world at what I do, and that's all I've ever wanted to be. "

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

" You can't think; you just gotta do things. "

" 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. "

" I can't usually stomach a project after I finish it, but for those days and weeks and months that it's new to me, I do listen to it, and it might change over time, but it's about function. "

" This has always been my life and no one else's, and that's how it's always been since the day I came in it. "

" As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that. "

" I'm about being the best. "

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

" The work is the work. The work is not me. "

" I had writer's block for almost a year. "

" There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness. "

" I can operate in half-a-song format. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" It started to weigh on me that I was responsible for the moves that had made me successful, but I wasn't reaping the lion's share of the profits, and that was problematic for me. "

" I'm big on what's in good taste. "

" How we experience memory sometimes, it's not linear. We're not telling the stories to ourselves. We know the story; we're just seeing it in flashes overlaid. "

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

" The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me. "

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

" It's cool to be recognised by your peers. "

" I was a thug. "

" Here's what I think about music and journalism: The most important thing is to just press play. "

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

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

" My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out. "