“James Blake is a real good friend of mine. He’s real different than what you think. He’s super turned up.”

My A&R at Epic got fired the first week I got signed.

I felt like ‘Owl Pharoah,’ not everyone understood who I was as an artist.

I know what my identity is.

I feel like more artists like me should be on the radio. Everything is, like, so controlled by, like, super popular music. You know what I’m saying? Like, c’mon.

If it makes you happy, it doesn’t have to make sense to others.

My mom worked for Apple, and my dad owned his own business.

I don’t write; I just go in the booth.

Sometimes I might be sleepy, and sometimes I’ve literally been sleeping backstage, woken up, gone straight on stage or gone crazy. It’s not like I psyche myself; I don’t do any of that.

There’s a lot of us out here that are birds, man. We all need to just fly.

Words mean nothing without action.

I don’t really write. I’m an on-the-spot type of person. This beat, let’s listen to it; let’s vibe. And then I’ll do a melody, and then we’ll go back and do it.

Who put this together? I’m the glue.

Drake is an amazing person. Also, a magician. He’s a big brother, super-talent; he’s cool.

You say You love, Don’t you lie.

In my whole career, all I wanted was acceptance from Kid Cudi. I don’t care about nothing else! This dude saved my life.

I consider myself an artist, which is, like, the most played term, but I believe it.

I can be reasonably funny and light-hearted when I’m in the company of good friends, but I’m not a jokesmith. I tend to be quite serious.

I want you to know, John, that you are the most important thing in this world to me.

We’re no longer in the Cold War. Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable.

Friends are people you can talk to, without words when you have to.

The best feeling in the world is knowing that you actually mean something to someone.

You are who you surround yourself with.

The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.

You always need a good friend to lift you up, tell you the truth and if you’re lucky, sing a song with!