My approach to writing is, it's either going to be a personal story about me and what I've personally been through, or… — Giveon Approach Copy Share Image
I think of my body of work as a story that flows and plays in my mind like a film. — Giveon Body Copy Share Image
I think if you go back to the '60s and '70s, that music felt newer, you were hearing stories told for the… — Giveon Copy Share Image
I have such a personal life history with R&B - it's the first music I remember hearing, and it feels like a… — Giveon Family Copy Share Image
I would hope the first heartbreak anniversary is the only time you feel it, and then after that, you don't really even… — Giveon Anniversary Copy Share Image
Recognize that you always have room to grow and that there is always going to be someone better than you and that… — Giveon Copy Share Image
In the studio, I like to have the music first: I'll sit with the music for like an hour, on loop, and… — Giveon Copy Share Image
I love to write music, watch a Pixar film, or play video games with my family and friends. — Giveon Family Copy Share Image
I remember Gayle King popped up on the screen, wearing a green dress - I'll never forget it - to announce the… — Giveon Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll have words or concepts written down before I have any type of music or anything. So when I have that,… — Giveon Copy Share Image
I'm a minimalist, for sure. A couple homies saw Kanye West's crib with barely anything in it and thought it looked weird.… — Giveon Anxiety Copy Share Image
I feel like at this point in the world of just creating anything, you're not going to be able to create anything… — Giveon Copy Share Image
Like any black kid on a Sunday, your mom's cleaning the house to music. So that was, like, my very first memory.… — Giveon Copy Share Image
To have the sound I have, to pretty much close out a festival, it's something I didn't see much of in school.… — Giveon Copy Share Image
But looking back, whenever I'd perform or anything I always gave it my all, no matter what. Even if I didn't know… — Giveon Copy Share Image
So I did a program with the Recording Academy, the Grammy Museum. So pretty much they take, like, one hundred kids during… — Giveon Day Copy Share Image
For me to be able to experience Paris for the first time with Chanel was a dream come true. I loved the… — Giveon Copy Share Image
My debut project was during a pandemic, so I was in the house and never got to see the people who listened. — Giveon Copy Share Image
My mom was born in the 70s, but grew up in the 90s, seeing all types of things. Because of her PTSD,… — Giveon Copy Share Image
Music is a diary. Sometimes people make music as if no one's going to hear it, as if they can just be… — Giveon Art Copy Share Image
I grew up in Long Beach during a transitional phase. It's a lot better now, but there was a time where it… — Giveon Copy Share Image
In a film, there are dramatic moments and a bunch of different moments that lead up to a dramatic moment. On some… — Giveon Cinema Copy Share Image
I think people could get obsessed with the idea of perfection. So with that, you kind of stray away from your raw… — Giveon Copy Share Image
I was doing unemployment for a little bit and then I started a dog-walking business in my neighborhood. I went to FedEx… — Giveon Business Copy Share Image
Yeah, I used to write short stories at first, but once you work on something, you want to show people. My peers… — Giveon People Copy Share Image
The way I write, I need to tell the true story. I can't just make a story up. So I have to… — Giveon Copy Share Image
The hardest part is writing a song as a story. A song is so short and there are only so many words… — Giveon Copy Share Image
