Blackbear

When your best friend dies, and you're crying on the balcony, and TMZ is taking pictures of somebody comforting you saying, 'Ooooo,…

— Blackbear

I feel like I just learned a whole new world when I was studying under Ne-Yo when I was about 17. I…

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I'm not like any other artist, point blank.

— Blackbear

I just really love being the first to do something and that drives me to think, 'What are people not doing right…

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I didn't want to be famous or any of that.

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I'm somewhat of a perfectionist.

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Music's a hobby to me.

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I wanna live long. As long as I can.

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I respect anybody that is very in tune with their feelings.

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As soon as I got rich, it was mimosas every morning. I was taking my friends to Six Flags every weekend. We…

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I've done arenas, and sometimes it feels like you're the only one in the room.

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The world is changing. I'm trying to adjust to it, just like everyone else.

— Blackbear

It's important to reinvent yourself often, because if you don't, someone else will and squash you like a bug.

— Blackbear

I ordered a decaf coffee the other night, and I was like, 'Holy crap, I'm an adult.'

— Blackbear

I was such a huge Ne-Yo fan.

— Blackbear

Fighting to get up in the morning, fighting to get on stage, fighting to make music that makes people feel good when…

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I love to work with producers who are very good with their chord progressions.

— Blackbear

I was kind of a MySpace kid in high school, and people thought since I had so many MySpace friends that they…

— Blackbear

My family was very unsure, and they told me to have a 'plan B' - until I did my publishing deal at…

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I was the only real punk rock kid in my school, with, like, the plaid pants and the Rancid t-shirt.

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The reason I make music is to make people feel something, anything.

— Blackbear

My band got signed in high school when I was 16, and we all dropped out of high school and went on…

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I'm an honest person. I've nothing to hide.

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People beat around the bush so much, and I try to be really blunt in my music.

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I like to be the captain of my ship and be involved with everything from stage production, merch, art, and rollouts.

— Blackbear