If you make music with business in your head, it'll show. I make it from the heart. There's a difference. GRiZ More Quotes by GRiZ More Quotes From GRiZ My brother has been, and will always be, my closest friend. GRiZ friendwillalwaysbrother My vision is a blend of the old school and the new school, but with zero rules. GRiZ rulesnewvisionschool My life is my music, so how can I stop? I put 100 percent into my career. I keep this flow going, and that's important. GRiZ my-lifemusicimportantlife I wanna take a step forward, and I also wanna make sure that step forward is the step that I want and that I'm not being pressured by life. You try and get better at doing something, and a lot of the time, it's because somebody told you that you needed to be better. GRiZ stepyoutimelife I never really had the chance to play the kind of music I wanted to play. It was always just classical. It had its limits. I play piano now and again in the new forms of music that I actually want to play, but at the time, it was something that I just kind of moved past. GRiZ musiclimitstimepast Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on. GRiZ instrumentfirstmostpiano Being in the high-school band was some of the funnest years of my life. GRiZ my-lifebeingbandlife My roots in electronic music go from weird glitch music to now what's seen as pop music. Electronic music is pop music now. GRiZ weirdgomusicroots I just really liked those trumpets and horns - Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie - and I honed in on that. I always looked for those big horn lines. GRiZ bigjustalwayslines Everyone wants to grow, but I'm not trying to reinvent myself anytime soon. GRiZ everyonegrowmyselftrying I haven't written my favorite song yet, and I hope I never do. GRiZ favoriteneverhopesong I don't need more money. I don't need that to be happy. GRiZ be-happyneedmoneyhappy I feel like music is sort of therapy for myself. GRiZ feelmyselflikemusic I loved playing the saxophone. GRiZ loved-playingplayinglovedsaxophone Always focus on the music first. That's the big thing. Staying true to making good music and not sacrificing that for anything. GRiZ truegoodmusicfocus My parents took a fairly liberal approach at raising me, always encouraging me to be creative and free-thinking. GRiZ parentsmealwayscreative There was so much pressure to fit in, I tried to force myself to be like everyone else. The last thing any teen wants is to be 'uncool.' GRiZ teeneveryonemyselfpressure I was surprised how supportive my family and friends were in my coming out, and it gave and still gives me hope. GRiZ mefriendsfamilyhope The environment of San Francisco has so much history to it that I really appreciate. Musically, socially, and culturally. There's this new culture of people; it's a crazy place to be. GRiZ crazyculturehistorypeople There's no such thing as a bad Miyazaki film. GRiZ thingbadfilm
