My brother has been, and will always be, my closest friend. GRiZ More Quotes by GRiZ More Quotes From GRiZ My vision is a blend of the old school and the new school, but with zero rules. GRiZ rules new vision school 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-life music important life 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 step you time life 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 music limits time past If you make music with business in your head, it'll show. I make it from the heart. There's a difference. GRiZ you music business heart Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on. GRiZ instrument first most piano Being in the high-school band was some of the funnest years of my life. GRiZ my-life being band life 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 weird go music roots 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 big just always lines Everyone wants to grow, but I'm not trying to reinvent myself anytime soon. GRiZ everyone grow myself trying I haven't written my favorite song yet, and I hope I never do. GRiZ favorite never hope song I don't need more money. I don't need that to be happy. GRiZ be-happy need money happy I feel like music is sort of therapy for myself. GRiZ feel myself like music I loved playing the saxophone. GRiZ loved-playing playing loved saxophone Always focus on the music first. That's the big thing. Staying true to making good music and not sacrificing that for anything. GRiZ true good music focus My parents took a fairly liberal approach at raising me, always encouraging me to be creative and free-thinking. GRiZ parents me always creative 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 teen everyone myself pressure I was surprised how supportive my family and friends were in my coming out, and it gave and still gives me hope. GRiZ me friends family hope 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 crazy culture history people There's no such thing as a bad Miyazaki film. GRiZ thing bad film
