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" People can relate more to being honest about your problems, your insecurities, and the things that you find wrong with yourself. Because that's how we really are. "

Jon Bellion

Problems

Yourself

You

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Jon Bellion

Eyes

Ungrateful

" I have a fan base eager for more stuff. That makes me more than happy. I know I have an army behind me. "

" My artistry is my baby. "

Jon Bellion

Artistry

Baby

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" I was sick of waiting for people to jump on hooks for songs I produced. So I tried singing myself, and I haven't looked back. "

" You grow up listening to Eminem; your parents don't let you listen to it - you gotta sneak into a car to listen to this guy rap. He changed my whole life, my whole perspective on music, so to more or less co-sign something that I've done is the ultimate childhood goal. "

" At the end of the day, we want love, and we want to feel loved. "

" I came to the realization that I'm a child of God, and that's my identity. If this all goes tomorrow, I don't have the proverbial rug under me that can be pulled out. I'm taken care of, and there's someone who loves me. "

" As long as I don't have to go back to the catering hall and wait tables anymore, I'm very happy. "

Jon Bellion

Happy

Back

" We're not as happy as our Instagrams and Twitters make us out to be. "

Jon Bellion

Our

Happy

" I don't view any of the hits I've ever written as the climax of my career. They're just minor stepping stones. "

" A lot of the album 'The Definition' was made from two things: Pixar movies and J. Dilla. "

" I'm not afraid to have my music digestible by different ages. "

" I always want to approach records from where it feels very graspable. You know what the song's about, but it's presented to you in a way that's like, 'I never heard something like this before,' but it doesn't push you away. "

" I think some of the best music throughout the actual history of music itself came from cultures where they're not really looking for outside themes. It's developed from their hometowns - it's what they love and what they love to do. "

" Sometimes I feel drawn to writing about my shortcomings because I'm chock full of them. "

" I'm just a product of the '90s, to be honest. "

" I'd watch Pixar movies for, like, six hours, back-to-back. I'd watch 'Finding Nemo' twice a week, back-to-back-to-back, three times in a row. "

" You can't really force kids to like music. I'm a firm believer in an organic fan base. "

Jon Bellion

Music

Kids

" I was raised on 'TRL' and listened to every genre that sounded good to me, from Sum 41 to Jay Z to Band of Horses to J. Dilla to Deathcab for Cutie to Pharrell. "

Jon Bellion

Genre

Band

" I used to work at a catering hall in Hauppauge. Anybody who works as a server in a catering hall, more power to you, but I wanted to make music. "

Jon Bellion

Work

Power

" I loved everything, but it was Kanye West who really changed everything for me. "

Jon Bellion

West

Everything

" I think honest lyrics help somebody say, 'I was struggling with this, but if Jon goes through that, too, and if Jon's telling me that his life isn't as good as it seems on his Instagram,' that helps somebody in their day to day. "

" As far as the U.K. goes, The 1975 is one of my favourite groups in a very long time. I love the sonics. I love everything they do. "

" People don't realize I make records eight or nine months before they come out. I'm directing the videos; I have a lot of work to do. I'm very involved in all that stuff creatively. "

" I just never really though you could or couldn't listen to a certain type of music. "

" When I want to get inspired, I'll put a Pixar movie on silent and listen to Nas. "

" The first 12 bars of 'Pre-Occupied' explains my entire career. "

" Originally, 'The Monster' started out as this indie, Florence And The Machine, tribal-y, almost Spanish-esque dance record. "