My band got signed in high school when I was 16, and we all dropped out of high school and went on tour. Then I quit the band because I was the manager, and I was doing everything, so I went solo.

Blackbear

Categorized in : Doing High School High School

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

everyone like trying world

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.

me you life people

I respect anybody that is very in tune with their feelings.

anybody very respect feelings

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

prince best wonder world

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

feel music reason people

I'm not like any other artist, point blank.

point like blank artist

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

yourself someone you important

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

adult like coffee night

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.

pictures best you best-friend

I was poor my whole life.

poor whole life

I wanna live long. As long as I can.

wanna live i-can long

People beat around the bush so much, and I try to be really blunt in my music.

beat try music people

I don't do all the things I say I do in my songs, but nobody does.

songs nobody say things

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

wanna will get think

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.

how guitar play time

I didn't want to be famous or any of that.

famous any want

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.

amazing small bus space

I'm somewhat of a perfectionist.

somewhat perfectionist

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.

friends rich weekend morning

I was such a huge Ne-Yo fan.