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" My whole thing, to keep myself interested - and, you know, I'm a huge hip-hop head - I have tons and tons of a cappellas. So I do these live remix mash-ups with my tracks and just throw them in there. "

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" My one experience with Lollapalooza was in 2009 - it was actually the first music festival I've ever been to. "

" Most of the people that work for me are my friends, and I'd like to keep it that way. "

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" I think it would be super, hella cool to hop into a cab & hear my song on the radio - like, 'Yeah!' - and also be like, 'Who is this Griz guy? He's horrible.' That'd be really cool. "

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" I'm obsessed with the sound of today, but I was raised on the Motown sound. "

" When you first start photographing a show or being into photography, you might think it's cool to see people with their phones, like, 'It's so novel; everyone cares about this moment so much,' but then it becomes... trite, y'know, and shallow. I think the best moments of my life have been spent without phones. "

" Computers are really patient. They can sit there all day. It's a totally different situation dealing with humans. They can be tired or overly excited. "

" I was surprised how supportive my family and friends were in my coming out, and it gave and still gives me hope. "

" I never really had the chance to play the kind of music I wanted to play. It was always just classical. It had its limits. I play piano now and again in the new forms of music that I actually want to play, but at the time, it was something that I just kind of moved past. "

" I love hip-hop, and I like the beats the most. "

" No matter what happens with EDM, I would like to go to New Orleans and just play with one of those small funk bands in an intimate venue. How cool would it be to work with a band with those huge horn lines and produce all of that great funk that makes you just want to party? "

" Everyone wants to grow, but I'm not trying to reinvent myself anytime soon. "

" I love what I do, and I do it 24/7, and it hurts my relationships very often, but it's worth it. "

" There was so much pressure to fit in, I tried to force myself to be like everyone else. The last thing any teen wants is to be 'uncool.' "

" In this day and age, I really just don't want to sell people on something. I don't want to have to sell you sound. I don't like selling emotions. Or ideas. I just want to give you these ideas and inspire people. "

" There is so much energy when you work with other people. I'm working with friends and having a blast. "

" The most important thing, to me is the intention of where things come from, like, why did you use it? What were the intentions of what you did? And if the intention is good, the intention is pure, then everything will turn out good. "

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" There are always safe spaces. You can be a beacon for other people who are struggling. It's hard to put your heart out there and put it in other peoples' hands. But the receiving end is gentle. "

" 'Say It Loud' came from many, many small battles. From, 'I hate myself, and I hate this,' to, 'I love this, and it's my favorite thing...' to, 'This is the best thing in existence.' "

" I love looking out at a sea of people. It's mind-blowing. But I also like playing clubs. "

" When I was a kid, I was a really bad collaborator. I was pretty introverted. "

" I wanna take a step forward, and I also wanna make sure that step forward is the step that I want and that I'm not being pressured by life. You try and get better at doing something, and a lot of the time, it's because somebody told you that you needed to be better. "

" My vision is a blend of the old school and the new school, but with zero rules. "

" For 'The Anthem,' a lot of my fans were like 'Oh, man, he's getting lazy making just, like, a pop format tune that everyone's doing these days.' But on this album, I wanted to write songs with vocals that would get stuck in my head, not just movements of instrumentals. "

" You need to be able to communicate your feelings. We need to be able to do that to feel empowered. "

" Being in the high-school band was some of the funnest years of my life. "

" My parents took a fairly liberal approach at raising me, always encouraging me to be creative and free-thinking. "

" My brother has been, and will always be, my closest friend. "

" Fear comes from personal self-acceptance and not the self. "

" There's no such thing as a bad Miyazaki film. "