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I think it’s our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we’re able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn’s case, we as artists somehow made it ‘cool’ enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over.

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I don’t want to be elitist.
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I think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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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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I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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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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I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.
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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
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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 remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in ‘Teardrops On My Guitar,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t this song great?’ And everyone was like, ‘Who’s Taylor Swift?’ And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.
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I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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