Gallant
Gallant
area born columbia connected elementary family felt line moved safe suburban
I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
blue cost couple dumb goal line plays twice within
I think we made a couple of dumb plays that cost us. We were within a goal twice and we gambled a couple of times on the blue line and it cost us big time.
matching super vibe
When I was in New York, the whole vibe was really just not matching with me. I was kind of super depressed in New York. It just had this vibe of 'Get out,' you know? I would try to get out, and we'd look back and just see the city and feel like, 'Oh, I have to go back to prison again.'
based complete conscious diaries form journals keeping matter raw trying vulnerable
I remember keeping a lot of journals and diaries and trying to form a complete thought just based off of those immediate, raw feelings. If anything, I was conscious about how I just always wanted to be as honest as possible, no matter how vulnerable it would make me seem.
almost
My live show is almost like a meditation. An emotional apex - that's what I want it to feel like.
knew
I knew that the artists that I loved the most had something about them that was very unfiltered and very rough.
artists people pop positive
People had an idea of what R&B artists or pop artists usually say, which was like, 'Talk about sex, talk about partying, and be positive; don't be too much of a downer.'
people
People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
gave scoring
We had a lot of breakdowns and gave them a lot of scoring chances.
gas hard nights played ran third
I think they ran out of gas in the third period. They played back-to-back nights and we played really hard in the third period. We were really disappointed with our first two periods.
stand
When something?s not working, you have to try different things. You can?t just stand pat.
cable clear favor la political taking
The arguments in favor of it have a clear political appeal. So cable is taking a la carte very seriously.
teens
I was used to teens who had everything they needed.
game games hard playoffs possible shoot win
(The playoffs are) not going to be something we?re going to shoot for. But we?re going to come out and try and play hard every game and win as many games as possible and get things going in the right direction.