“They saw that it was a passion of mine from really young... My parents...” — MNEK Quote

“They saw that it was a passion of mine from really young... My parents did a good job. They wanted me to win. They let me do all these things. If some old guy came to the house asking, 'I want your kid to sign a contract,' they were so open to it. Yeah, I credit them loads.”

“Girls Generation, I love their Teddy Riley-produced track 'The Boys.'”

“I've waited for the day my debut album is released my entire life, so naturally I've designed it to be listened to from start to finish - so every song flows into each other in a way that tells a sonic story.”

“Asking for money can be especially intimidating.”

“If you don't fix latent failures in your system, you're asking for trouble.”

“You have to determine what you are and send the messages out to people, like, 'Hey, I'm a screenwriter - look at this.' You can't sit around, wondering why people aren't calling and asking about my writing.”