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I was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.

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What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.
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I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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I don’t really listen to pop-country, but I like really, really old country that’s closer to folk. Like Johnny Cash, who is considered country.
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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
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I’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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I don’t think I’m alone in this: I’m obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.
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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There’s nothing that’s set.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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When you are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.
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When you love someone and care about them, you want what’s best for them, and it’s always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren’t what’s best for them, how hard you try.
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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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Often I’ve had problems automatically bending to a lover’s will, becoming what I know they want me to be. Immediately, I learn all the music they love, listen to it, study it, instead of being like, ‘This is what I love!’
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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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I was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.

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I was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.

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