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I just like being as romantic as possible. I thrive off unrequited love. I've been in love in one way or another since I was 14. I go full-on in and get obsessive.

From Tobias Jesso, Jr.

I want to be romantic, and songs are a good way to do that.

From Tobias Jesso, Jr.

I have always had problems with my voice, and the piano helped me believe the song could be bigger than my voice, and I could play with new melodies and things that I couldn't on guitar. It was easier to make the sound fuller and easier to get away with not being as good.

From Tobias Jesso, Jr.

Piano is one of those instruments you don't have to be good at to sound good - you just have to know where to put three little fingers, which is really pretty easy to figure out.

From Tobias Jesso, Jr.

I often compare my voice to an old car you're only 50% sure will turn on when you need it to.

From Tobias Jesso, Jr.

I often find myself writing little ditties I can imagine becoming rap songs. Not the actual rapping part, just the chorus.

From Tobias Jesso, Jr.

I was chubby in high school. I used to go to my information technology class, and I would type really fast to get the lesson done quick because the teacher had a little acoustic guitar, and there was a girl I had a crush on in the class. I would take the guitar and pretend to be some great singer-songwriter, serenade her with joke songs.

From Tobias Jesso, Jr.

L.A. can make you feel like you've already made it. You're living off 40 dollars a week; it's nice weather. You go outside on your bike; you go to the coffee shop, and everybody is doing nothing. It doesn't leave a lot of room for ambition.

From Tobias Jesso, Jr.

In one week, I got hit by a car - it busted through my hand - and my mom got cancer.

From Tobias Jesso, Jr.

Some people get on the whole touring circuit for years and years and years on one record. What interests me is sitting down at a piano, writing songs, getting into a studio and exploring new sounds to come up with something I'm really proud of.

From Tobias Jesso, Jr.

Tobias Jesso, Jr.

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