--- title: "4 Tobias Jesso Jr Quotes - Famous Singer-songwriter" description: "Canadian musician, songwriter... | Tobias MacDonald Jesso Jr. is a Canadian musician. He signed with True Panther Sounds to release his debut album Goon..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-tobias-jesso-jr-73918.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Tobias Jesso Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-tobias-jesso-jr-73918.jpg) # Tobias Jesso Jr (1985) Singer-songwriter **4** quotes in **38** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Tobias Jesso Jr is a singer-songwriter. ## Quick Facts About Tobias Jesso Jr Born July 11, 1985 Profession Singer-songwriter ## About Tobias Jesso Jr Canadian musician, songwriter... \| Tobias MacDonald Jesso Jr. is a Canadian musician. He signed with True Panther Sounds to release his debut album Goon (2015). He was included in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 20 Biggest Breakouts of 2015. He was the first Songwriter of the Year recipient at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards — for ## Quotes by Tobias Jesso Jr > [If you write a piece, it's a different thing to show it to an editor than it is to show it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-jesso-jr/if-you-write-a-piece-it-s-a-different-thing-to-show-it-to-an-editor/) Tobias Jesso Jr [Best friend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-friend/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/tobias-jesso-jr-73918_best-friend_if-you-write-a-piece-it-s-a-different-th_390811.jpg) > [I've been in love since I was 14; it's always focused on someone or something and it's always unrequited. It's led to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-jesso-jr/i-ve-been-in-love-since-i-was-14-it-s-always-focused-on-someone-or/) Tobias Jesso Jr [Cheesy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheesy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/tobias-jesso-jr-73918_cheesy_i-ve-been-in-love-since-i-was-14-it-s-al_807287.jpg) > [I struggle to try not to read the press about my album. It was great when the first stuff came out to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-jesso-jr/i-struggle-to-try-not-to-read-the-press-about-my-album-it-was-great/) Tobias Jesso Jr [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/tobias-jesso-jr-73918_guy_i-struggle-to-try-not-to-read-the-press_1171424.jpg) > [Looking back on my whole experience, the biggest takeaway was just being proud of what you do, and knowing that it's okay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-jesso-jr/looking-back-on-my-whole-experience-the-biggest-takeaway-was-just/) Tobias Jesso Jr [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/tobias-jesso-jr-73918_be-proud_looking-back-on-my-whole-experience-the_2604394.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-jesso-jr/#itemlist", "name": "Tobias Jesso Jr Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you write a piece, it's a different thing to show it to an editor than it is to show it to your best friend. 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