Blackbear
Blackbear

It's important to reinvent yourself often, because if you don't, someone else will and squash you like a bug.

Blackbear
Blackbear

I learned from the best storytellers in the world: Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Ne-Yo, Michael Jordan, Vin Diesel, RuPaul.

Blackbear
Blackbear

I was diagnosed with necrotizing chronic pancreatitis, and it definitely put a pause on live performances for a while.

Blackbear
Blackbear

I don't really like living in a very small space, like a tour bus, even though I have an amazing tour bus, and I've had multiple tour buses. It's still not a lot of room.

Blackbear
Blackbear

I'm somewhat of a perfectionist.

Blackbear
Blackbear

As soon as I got rich, it was mimosas every morning. I was taking my friends to Six Flags every weekend. We were flying to Hawaii; we did whatever we wanted.

Blackbear
Blackbear

Fighting to get up in the morning, fighting to get on stage, fighting to make music that makes people feel good when I don't - that's been a struggle.

Blackbear
Blackbear

I was kind of a MySpace kid in high school, and people thought since I had so many MySpace friends that they didn't need to be nice to me in real life. They were like, 'You get enough attention online,' or they were jealous or something. I don't really know.

Blackbear
Blackbear

When your best friend dies, and you're crying on the balcony, and TMZ is taking pictures of somebody comforting you saying, 'Ooooo, scandalous' - that's the worst part of fame.

Blackbear
Blackbear

There was a time where I was really confused about who I was and what I was doing, and I was just kind of depressed.

Blackbear
Blackbear

I wanna live long. As long as I can.

Blackbear
Blackbear

I'm an honest person. I've nothing to hide.

Blackbear
Blackbear

The reason I make music is to make people feel something, anything.

Blackbear
Blackbear

I just really love being the first to do something and that drives me to think, 'What are people not doing right now, and how can I be the best at it?'

Blackbear
Blackbear

My family was very unsure, and they told me to have a 'plan B' - until I did my publishing deal at 21 for over a million dollars. Then I tattooed my neck to prove I'll never become a lawyer.

Blackbear
Blackbear

The world is changing. I'm trying to adjust to it, just like everyone else.

Blackbear
Blackbear

I ordered a decaf coffee the other night, and I was like, 'Holy crap, I'm an adult.'

Blackbear
Blackbear

I wanted a guitar when I was 4 or 5, and I learned how to play guitar by the time I was 6. Just self-taught.

Blackbear
Blackbear

Music's a hobby to me.

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Blackbear

I wanna get backup singers, but I don't think I will ever get backup dancers.