I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music.
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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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You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you’re okay with who you are or where you came from.
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In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I’d never stayed in one place for so long.
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I tend to not want to do that anymore. It’s not even that I don’t like it anymore: it’s that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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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 was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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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 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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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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