It doesn't matter how many private jets you take, how much money you make, how famous you get, keep putting in the hours.

It doesn't matter how many private jets you take, how much money you make, how famous you get, keep putting in the hours.

The thing about being an artist is that you evolve so quickly, you grow, you learn, you change, you find yourself hating work that you made months prior. That's the hard part about making an album, but every couple days I fall asleep listening to my album front to back and I lay there feeling so proud of what I did.

As an artist you very much want to have control over your dialogue and your image and when you become exposed in a way where other people are manipulating your brand or the public perception of you that's where it can be frustrating. It's when you want to tell everyone to shut the f*** up and say "hear it from me, not from them." That's all.

Being an artist and having a following can be a very scary thing because idolization makes you question your inner role in the universe. A lot of people get caught up in this idea of, "Wow! This world does revolve around me," and it most certainly does not. It's the exact opposite; these people don't exist for you, you exist for them.

Before Guadalcanal the enemy advanced at his pleasure - after Guadalcanal he retreated at ours.

Pop music really is a love and a joy and a science [of songwriting].