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“I hate mess. I have the worst OCD so I'm not a hoarder of clothes.”
“I've always wanted to collaborate with Shawn Mendes, he's an amazing artist, but the thing with Shawn is that I won't collaborate... me just sending some beats. It has to be in the studio where we'd both be there recording together.”
“When I got to high school, to be playing an instrument was really uncool.”
“I got on a bit of a rollercoaster looking into how Herbie Hancock used to make his tunes, and I remember a picture of Jean-Michel Jarre at one of his concerts and seeing the Memorymoog. When I heard the sound it I was like, 'Arrrgh, I really need that.'”
“Trying to write new music is definitely daunting, but I try not to overthink it.”
“To be honest, I'm like a sponge so my inspiration and influences really can come from anywhere.”
“My family wasn't involved in music, but I love music.”
“I'm a massive Justin Bieber fan. You've got be able to admit that.”
“I don't drink or party. There's literally no time for that. As soon as I finish a show, I go straight back to the hotel room, do emails, I sleep, that's it.”
“A mixer for me needs to have some sort of effects, as it's a big part of how I might hype up the crowd in certain parts of a track, using the delays and filters for instance.”
“I've always worked from a young age and was never big on drinking or smoking, so whatever money I had I put into synths.”
“The focus is on melody: If you get it right, and it connects to the mass audience, it doesn't matter if it's a studio album or played on the dance floor.”
“Especially when I finish one of my songs I play it to my friends who are just normal people and not people in the music business.”
“I made Fast Car just in my spare time with no real hopes for it at all.”
“I find in America, actually, I actually prefer it because it's all about energy. It's all about making everyone feel happy and smiling. In the U.K. sometimes people are a bit too concerned about, 'Did you play that track? Did you play that track?' It's not so much about the music in the U.K.”
“I prank my manager. I tell him I've lost my passport, or I've lost my case, or I hide his case. He is so gullible, he is the most gullible person ever.”
“If I'm honest, I never knew 'Fast Car' was going to be my first single.”
“I've gone through a lot of 'nos' from record labels but I've built a great team along the way and that's the best thing you can have - people around you who believe in you and drive you forward.”
“People like Sam Smith and Adele, they're album artists but for me, where I go around the world and sounds are changing so quickly, singles are the best way to get those influences out there and try new things out.”
“It's the worst feeling, going into your record label when you haven't got a hit. It was like: 'Maybe you've lost it.' And, once you're done, that's it. There's no support, or anyone to help you.”