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
Music is a diary. Sometimes people make music as if no one's going to hear it, as if they can just be… — 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
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
So I did a program with the Recording Academy, the Grammy Museum. So pretty much they take, like, one hundred kids during… — Giveon Copy Share Image
I love to write music, watch a Pixar film, or play video games with my family and friends. — 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
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 have such a personal life history with R&B - it's the first music I remember hearing, and it feels like a… — 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 that every… — Giveon Copy Share Image
I remember Gayle King popped up on the screen, wearing a green dress - I'll never forget it - to announce the best R&B… — Giveon 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 first time. — Giveon 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 imperfections. Like,… — Giveon 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 you can… — 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 completely honest.… — 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 songs, I… — 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 what exactly… — Giveon Copy Share Image
I think of my body of work as a story that flows and plays in my mind like a film. — 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, sometimes I… — Giveon 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 weren't interested… — 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 the summer… — Giveon Copy Share Image
