American - Musician | December 26, 1990 -
People don't realize I make records eight or nine months before they come out. I'm directing the videos; I have a lot of work to do. I'm very involved in all that stuff creatively.
Jon Bellion
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'Translations Through Speakers' was literally, I'm translating very spottily what my aspirations are.
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My brother is 10 years older than me, so whatever he listened to is what I listened to, and it was all rap.
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The first 12 bars of 'Pre-Occupied' explains my entire career.
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Sometimes, people will fight over five, six percent, because if it's a smash record, that can mean a lot of money. I don't really care.
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If I could be generous and move forward and spread my feelers business-wise and also creatively, that's the best position to put myself in.
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The way Ben Gibbard paints a picture, you feel like, 'I was there that day with him.' You really feel the way he paints pictures and speaks and talks. It's almost like talk-singing. Paul Simon does that very well as well. He's a huge influence of mine.
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People can relate more to being honest about your problems, your insecurities, and the things that you find wrong with yourself. Because that's how we really are.
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I used to work at a catering hall in Hauppauge. Anybody who works as a server in a catering hall, more power to you, but I wanted to make music.
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I'm born and raised Long Island. Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Ben Gibbard - melody-driven guys... They shaped me, molded my music.
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I have a fan base eager for more stuff. That makes me more than happy. I know I have an army behind me.
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When you get a song placed with two of the top stars in the world, like Rihanna and Eminem, especially as a new writer, they're gonna take a huge chunk of your publishing. That's just the way the business is. I'm not complaining.
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