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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think a lot of pop music is escapist. "

" All of this music, It's definitely been the most freeing thing that I've ever done. "

" I love nostalgia. "

" 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. "

" Growing up, I played in different bands and did a lot of self-booked touring and traveling around, and my sister was driving us on tour, and we're playing for nobody and literally begging my friends that I went to high school with to buy tickets to our shows. "

" 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. "

" One of my favorite cities is Tokyo because of sushi, and Asian food in general, but then also the way Tokyo operates, because it's so clean, and there's space for a lot of variety of stores. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

" All the best art and music feels like some type of truth - even if it's really simple - that you just can't deny. A listener can feel that. "

" 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. "

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" I think streaming, in general, is democratising music in general. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" I think everybody goes through that, especially... being in love for the first time. Some people, they're lucky enough that that ends up being who they're with for the rest of their lives, and sometimes it doesn't work out. "

" I could never write a proper party song. "

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