“I came out alive. I came out swinging. But I was close to letting [fame] completely destroy me,” Justin Bieber tells Billboard.
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Justin Bieber: ‘I Came Out Alive’
Image Credit: Zoey Grossman "I came out alive. I came out swinging. But I was close to letting [fame] completely destroy me,” Justin Bieber tells Billboard.
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Dec. 17, 2015
Image Credit: Zoey Grossman “Enough with the Justin Bieber Show," he says. "I want to veer away from the self-centered attitude. I’m just focused on the people who have been there since the start, on people who are taking the journey now. I want them to feel like we’re doing this together.”
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‘Be Kind to Young Celebrities’
Image Credit: Zoey Grossman “I want people to be more kind to young celebrities,” he says. “Like Kylie [Jenner]. Look at her world: She has been living on TV since she was a kid. Every time she’s looking around she sees a camera, and that’s affecting how she’s thinking and how she’s perceiving people and why she has to do certain things … Situations that happen taint your mind, especially in this industry. Especially for girls.”
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Turning Things Around
Image Credit: Zoey Grossman “I see people pointing, saying what a great job I did orchestrating his comeback,” says Bieber’s longtime manager, Scooter Braun. “I’ll be frank. I failed for a year and a half. He shut himself off and went into a dark place. Every single day I tried to help him turn it around, and every single day I failed. And I tried desperately. The only person who deserves credit for this is Justin.”
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Words From Dad
Image Credit: Zoey Grossman “My dad told me this the other day,” he begins, reading from the screen. “He said, ‘Pride is your worst enemy. It’ll pull greatness out of you.’ I just thought that’s so great, because he’s a prideful man — he has always known what’s best — and it has taken him this long to see that.”
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Global Artist
Image Credit: Zoey Grossman Says Def Jam CEO Steve Bartels: “There are so few truly global artists, and Bieber’s still getting bigger. He’s touching a group of people that he never had before. The music is the forefront of that.”
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‘Inspiring’ Music
Image Credit: Zoey Grossman "I’m self-expressing with this album — I can’t skip on the moments that were dark, the moments that were happy, the ex-girlfriend stuff," says Bieber. "It makes it real, rather than ‘Let’s call up Max Martin to write you a hit song.’ I want my music to be inspiring.”