I’m not an innovator.
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You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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There’s this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we’re supposed to hate each other, and that’s totally not productive.
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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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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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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 think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
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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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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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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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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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 have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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When you’re an adult, things mellow out. I think when you’re a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.
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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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