Austin Mahone

“The first thing I do when I get back to my hometown, San Antonio, is eat Whataburger.”

“If I see my fans crying, I just want to give them a hug... and tell them I love them.”

“The British fans are very intense, maybe even more so than fans in the U.S.! They're great.”

“I do a lot of co-writing with my producer RedOne, and then a lot on my own. I just like to be creative.”

“When my YouTube videos started to get really big, I was like, 'Man, this is pretty sweet.' It started as my hobby, and then I started traveling and learning how to play different instruments, and then it just kind of became my life.”

“I thought it would be cool to Skype with fans on their birthday and spend, like, a half-hour with them. I did a couple of two-hour Skypes. I just hang out with them and play songs and stuff. At first they're kind of shy, but after a while they open up. I've had a lot of people tell me I'm doing something no one has ever done before.”

“I like girls that have a nice smile and nice eyes. I want to date a girl who understands my busy schedule and that I have to be on tour a lot. And she has to make me laugh!”

“YI teamed up with the Allstate Foundation to basically inform teens why it's important to drive safe. I feel I'm new on the road, so it's important to do these three main things: The first one is buckle up, the second one is slow down, don't speed, and the third one is don't let your friends distract you in the car.”

“I own at least 300 pairs of sneakers.”

“A secret talent or hobby... Hmm... I weirdly collect shot glasses.”

“I love fashion. I like looking fresh and wearing new stuff.”

“Coming from my bedroom in San Antonio to this big world and going from singing covers off my laptop to making music in this nice studio, making professional-sounding music - it's just weird.”

“I just think it's super amazing that the U.K. fans are so dedicated and loving. I love them, and being with them in person is an amazing feeling.”

“My favorite dance move is the 'Old Man.'”

“I promoted myself on Twitter and Facebook as hard as possible, nonstop. People started realizing that if they commented on my videos, I'd reply to their comment, so I started getting a lot more views and comments.”

“I love the U.K. It's so different over there from America, you know, the culture and stuff. It's pretty awesome.”

“Musically, I actually grew up listening to country music as a kid, like George Strait, Alan Jackson... all those guys. So it was kind of weird crossing over from that to pop and R&B, but you know, I love Michael Jackson, Ne-Yo, Usher, R. Kelly, Drake, Boyz II Men.”

“A lot of people have said that I'm trying to be like Justin Bieber by wearing a hat all the time. But the truth is, I don't like the way my hair looks. It's kind of weird, so I wear a hat all the time to cover it. I've been doing it since I was thirteen.”

“I would say my dream collaboration would probably have to be with Drake. I think he is an amazing artist.”

“When I was 3, my mom sent in a video of me singing George Strait to 'America's Funniest Home Videos.'”