Trevor Jackson

There's nothing better than to work with somebody who appreciates you as an artist.

Kevin Gates is probably the smartest person I've ever worked with. He's cool, he's crazy, but he's genius.

Every time I'm ever in L.A., if I have anytime off - which is rare - I'll go straight to the basketball court and play. That's a way for me to escape and get my mind off everything. I'm so competitive, so if I'm playing basketball, all I'm thinking about is winning.

I've been given the tools necessary to be a great musician, a great entertainer, and great person that's gonna inspire everyone.

Tap dancing and basketball started at the same time, and when I was eight, I just kind of made the decision that entertainment was really where I wanted to be.

Zendaya is a truly supportive friend and has a sweet tooth like I have never seen, ha ha.

Disney has been really good to me, so if a role comes up, I hope they'll keep me in mind.

There is no point of doing anything if you're not going to do it all the way.

I'm in Atlanta all the time shooting and recording. That's why I stayed.

Whatever I'm doing at that moment, I try to only focus on that because I'm already ADD.

Every night, I don't care if I'm doing interviews that day or photo shoots that day, what's most important is that I'm making sure I'm right and tight for the show. These people all come out to see me, so I have to perform and make sure that they never forget it.

I've been trying to sing for a long time. I didn't realize that's what I wanted to do until I was about seven or eight. I tap danced since I was three years old, and that's all I did.

Any project that I put out, I never want it to sound like the first one. It can have some vibes or stuff that matches, but I want it to be growth, progression, and you can't be comfortable when you're growing. If it feels good and it sounds good, it's good.

I can't see myself doing anything else. I feel like I can touch more people with music.

I don't come from any type of entertainment. I come from a basketball family. My dad still says, 'Trevor, are you sure don't want to play basketball? You can play in college and go to the NBA!' But I did play.

I feel like people are so closed-minded at times.

I totally respect fraternities.

Don't ever silence your morality to be a part of anything.

People say things they'll never do but then do them because they want to be a part of 'this great thing.'

You can only give someone your best opinion.

The things I connected with Zurich about were that he is a selfless person; he wants the best for everybody. He wants to see everybody win. And he's a strong person. A lot of the time, he doesn't wear his emotions on his sleeve because he wants to stay strong for his line brothers, his family, his mom, everybody. I feel like I can relate to that.

You gotta be great - you have one life.

I just get so hype - I love performing. I love performing whether someone's there or someone isn't there.

When you say 'R&B,' people's minds automatically go in a place. How about I just say, 'Here's a tape; you can check it out on iTunes. You tell me.'

Before I started writing for myself, I was writing country records, and they were coming out dope.