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I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.

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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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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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When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
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As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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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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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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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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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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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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When you’re doing something you’re not used to, you kind of realize that you’re still a kid: even though the whole world around you sees you as an adult and you’re expected to act like an adult, you still haven’t actually grown up.
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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’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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I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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When someone is a musician – trying to make a living off being a public figure – it’s really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn’t have a personal life.
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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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