My first tape was 'Hey, I can do what y'all do.' It's new, flashy, and not through rap. It was a guy singing how cool he was. I'm here with big bro Drake; I'm his little gunner.

PartyNextDoor

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I want to invest time in creating moments for myself.

myself moments want time

The best advice Drake's given anybody is to know yourself. It's the most important thing to live by.

live yourself best important

I made my entire first tape using Beats headphones - the studio headphones and halfway through the second one, because I finally started making a home studio. But I record and make all my beats with the Beats headphones.

make through headphones home

The difference between what people perceive and what's reality is that, like, I'm not actually shy. I'm just observant. I care a lot.

shy care reality people

I'm grateful that really pretty girls like my music, and social media just happens to like really pretty girls.

social-media grateful music media

I could make a PartyNextDoor album that's clean, all hits. That's not what I care about doing.

about doing clean care

I openly share music with Drake, especially when it's time for him to have a project.

project music share time

Of course I want to be a superstar, but it doesn't happen overnight, and I see that from having a mentor.

happen see mentor want

I'm looking for joy.

looking joy

My mother didn't listen to my first tape, or my second one.

second listen first mother

I thought, 'Write a hit, you'll be rich and happy.' Meet one of the most beautiful girls in the world, one of the most talented and I'll be happy. All of that: I'm not happy.

be-happy you happy beautiful

I look into people's eyes and I know they think I'm a bad guy.

eyes look think people

I say it's easier to write for other people than write for myself.

write say myself people

I'm literally am home making my own music unless I'm asked to be in somebody's house writing music for them.

my-own music house home

When I'm home, I try to relax, but I still make music.

try relax music home

I take everything someone says and the way they say it to heart. I just notice everything. I'm very, like, I know what I want. I know what I want to do and what I don't want to do. It may seem like I'm care-free but I'm care-expensive.

someone know heart way

I would never call myself mysterious. The word I use is 'private.'

call never myself mysterious

I'm all about colors.

about colors

I make 99 percent of my music sitting down, in boxers, when I'm comfortable in my computer chair.

chair down music sitting

I know how to use computers. I was one of those guys on Myspace who had one of those fake hit counters.

computers how know fake