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I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.

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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 think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
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I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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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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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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Good Inspiration Tour Writing
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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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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I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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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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Being Figure Live Make Musician Public Someone Try
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’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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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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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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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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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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I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.

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