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There's nothing wrong with writing for other artists, but that's just not what my purpose is. ”
Sally' is just a song that I wrote talking to my alter ego. When I write, I don't really consciously say, 'This is what I've been going through in my life, and I'm gonna put this into words.' It's just a song that I kinda went in and did. Then, listening back to it, I realized, 'I'm talking to myself.' ”
Working with Rihanna has changed my life. ”
I've seen people pass away. I've seen how fragile life is. ”
I don't want to, in the last three minutes of my life, know that I lived it for somebody else. ”
I always do what makes me happy - it doesn't make sense to live life unhappily. ”
To the outside world, I was pretty bad at everything my whole life. People didn't credit me for my musicianship. ”
I was never necessarily conscious of my failures when I attempted something and it didn't work out, because I feel like I'm so in tune with my purpose I never necessarily acknowledge that. ”
What people think of you doesn't matter, because I believe anything's possible. No one's going to convince me I'm not capable of living up to my full potential, because I've obsessed over that idea. The universe wants me to be great for me. ”
I'm out here living my dream. People are listening to my music. ”