I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
MITSKIMiyazaki 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 have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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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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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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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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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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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 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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It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
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I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.
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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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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.
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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
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I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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