Jon Bellion

“Sometimes I feel drawn to writing about my shortcomings because I'm chock full of them.”

“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.”

“You grow up listening to Eminem; your parents don't let you listen to it - you gotta sneak into a car to listen to this guy rap. He changed my whole life, my whole perspective on music, so t...”

“'Translations Through Speakers' was literally, I'm translating very spottily what my aspirations are.”

“I grew up on Dilla, Timbaland, Pharrell, all these drums that are super pocketed, so all those influences come out on a song like 'Ungrateful Eyes,' with all the crazy drum swing.”