GRiZ

I never really had the chance to play the kind of music I wanted to play. It was always just classical. It had its limits. I play piano now and again in the new forms of music that I actually want to play, but at the time, it was something that I just kind of moved past.

There are always safe spaces. You can be a beacon for other people who are struggling. It's hard to put your heart out there and put it in other peoples' hands. But the receiving end is gentle.

Stay in school and band, kids! It had its nerdy moments, and I always felt like I wanted to do something more with it.

When I was a kid, I was a really bad collaborator. I was pretty introverted.

Computers are really patient. They can sit there all day. It's a totally different situation dealing with humans. They can be tired or overly excited.

I don't need more money. I don't need that to be happy.

The most important thing, to me is the intention of where things come from, like, why did you use it? What were the intentions of what you did? And if the intention is good, the intention is pure, then everything will turn out good.

It is totally cool to be gay.

You need to be able to communicate your feelings. We need to be able to do that to feel empowered.

I think it would be super, hella cool to hop into a cab & hear my song on the radio - like, 'Yeah!' - and also be like, 'Who is this Griz guy? He's horrible.' That'd be really cool.

I loved playing the saxophone.

I feel like music is sort of therapy for myself.