Quotes

The danger of a rock band is repeating oneself. It's our greatest fear - that it evolves into the myopia of a semi-successful band that's in love with its own shadow.

I love the physicality of instruments, and instruments as objects, like dancers are bodies.

I love the way people talk crap. I hear it all the time. 'Overrated.' 'You suck.' I'll just do something to shut them up, like, 'I'll show you.'

I love being around my family.

I don't wish that I was playing football. I love baseball, and the way I play is like it's my last day ever playing it. I do like football, but you've got to respect that it's not like baseball.

I love working hard; I think people know that.

I love to train. Always have.

I've been amazed by the numbers that have come out to see the torch relay, so being a part of it is lovely.

When I watch the Olympics I become such an emotional wreck. I've always loved the Olympics, be it the summer or the winter Olympics.

I want to start recording and writing as soon as I can and get music that I love out as soon as possible.

If everyone loves you for the person you are, let alone your music is incredible, I think that's a really great place to be.

Everyone deserves love.

I'm going to go with this pop/soul genre that I'm really loving and have always loved. I hope it does well for me, and I'm really excited about the future!

I love telling stories, and I'm a born storyteller. That's what I do, and that's what I want to continue to do.

There were a lot of really special moments for me. When I first sang 'Fix You' by Coldplay, that was one. I love that song so much, and I love Coldplay, and I love what the song meant.

I love school, and I love learning, and school really does inspire me for a lot of my writing - just being in public school with people and watching things happen.

Most people are afraid of failure. I love failure because it tells me where to go next.

I'm not really smart, but I'm dedicated. I can be good at anything if I love it and dedicate myself. And I love history. I love science. I love music. I love golf. I love learning. I love life.

I love trying to be the best at anything and everything.

Michael B. Jordan is actually cool. He's like the homie. I'm actually talking to him. He reached out to me a while ago and just showing love for the music after 'TRaPSOUL' dropped.

I just wanna make music that people love. If they love the next project that I put out, 'Thank you' because that means that I can take care of my family.

It wasn't until 9th grade that I got into music. This guy in school heard me singing around the hallway to girls and stuff. The girls liked it. One day, he was like, 'Come to my crib. I got a studio. Come and record a hook for me.' I recorded the hook on the 'Lovers & Friends' beat - Usher.

Somebody who really inspired me to wanna start writing songs is The-Dream, so if The-Dream was to hit me up and be like, 'Yo you wanna do this?,' I'd be all for it. I would love that, actually.

Nobody loves finishing second, as we've seen in past races. It's a sport that you want to get everything you can out of it, but sometimes it just doesn't work out.

I love France. France is a nice place.