Bazzi

“I tried out for 'The Voice,' and I also tried out for 'America's Got Talent,' and both them, like, reached out to me. I had, like, little singing video on YouTube, and they were like, 'Come out for an audition.' I did, and I got a callback for both of them, actually, and, uh, didn't get anything after that. I was so heartbroken. But look at me now!”

“Growing up, I wanted straight hair so bad, like Justin Bieber.”

“I use music like therapy sessions.”

“I just like pictures and visuals and stuff.”

“There's moments I go through day to day because I'm human. I think the diversity in my music is going to help people relate to that.”

“At 10 years old, I was in my church band, playing in front of a couple thousand people every week.”

“My mind has always been like, 'You're a star! You're in it! You're killing it!'”

“That's the one thing I think I have figured out pretty decently well is I'm a performer. I've always been an entertainer; y'know, growing up, that's all I've ever done.”

“My iPhone background says, 'If you build it, they'll come.' You know, quality over quantity. And I really live by that.”

“My fans know me too well.”

“I remember feeling the energy of people. That stuck with me. Understanding that I could stand behind a mic and captivate people. I was always obsessed with that.”

“Always trust the process. I'm a firm believer in that. You know, you keep your eyes on the destination, and of course there will always be detours, but if you're moving towards it, you will always get there.”

“'Gone' is a really special record with a lot of energy and power and swag.”

“Lyrically and melodically, Drake was definitely a big influence of mine.”

“I've always been an entertainer. It's in my blood, in the sense that I've always loved doing it.”

“I'm making music that I love a lot, so to me, they're all the same; I love them all equally as much. It's like children. You don't pick a favorite, even if one goes to Harvard.”

“To finally have people receive and hear what I'm saying is one of the most gratifying feelings an artist can ever have.”

“The album is always definitely the goal, because I think that albums are like captures and bookmarks. After five or six of them, you can always go back and be like, 'Well, what was his first?'... I think an album really gives you a chance to make people feel something.”

“I don't really like to think too far ahead when it comes to the music.”

“I like to meet girls in real life because social media is such a front, and you can come across and look however you want.”