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" The environment of San Francisco has so much history to it that I really appreciate. Musically, socially, and culturally. There's this new culture of people; it's a crazy place to be. "

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" 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. "

GRiZ

Good

Why

" I was a huge fan of '90s hip-hop, and a lot of what they got their music from was funk and soul records. They just, like, take a clip of that and rap over it because, you know, that was just kind of what was up. "

" I have always been very interested in thinking deeply about things. I do this a lot. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I love playing live and creating these records that people are so into. "

" Zelda is the best solo game; Mario Cart is the best group game. "

" I feel like music is sort of therapy for myself. "

GRiZ

Music

Myself

" '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.' "

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

" I don't need more money. I don't need that to be happy. "

" 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. "

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

GRiZ

Work

Friends

" 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.' "

" 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. "

GRiZ

Horrible

Cool

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's all about the music. Everything else is just extra. "

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

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

" I haven't written my favorite song yet, and I hope I never do. "

" Always focus on the music first. That's the big thing. Staying true to making good music and not sacrificing that for anything. "

" 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. "

" I just really liked those trumpets and horns - Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie - and I honed in on that. I always looked for those big horn lines. "

" It is totally cool to be gay. "

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

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