I feel like gender lines are changing. A couple of years ago, it wasn’t nearly as OK for guys to like girly-sounding music. But all of a sudden a lot of my guys friends who would like have been really disdainful of female singers are way more accepting.
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My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It’s a really close-knit community, and almost everyone on these few blocks are artists or graphic designers, because we live right on the cusp of a warehouse district.
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Obviously, I like things that are cute and aggressive at the same time, but I didn’t want it to just be mini-bangs and lip-syncing in a dress. I need to get away from that stuff.
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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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If painters could be compared to filmmakers, Bosch is the Hype Williams of renaissance painters. With Bosch, there’s always a narrative that is very nonlinear – and that’s the essence of a good music video.
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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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Fashion can be a really powerful tool, but it’s also a place where you can be totally humiliated and have your power taken from you.
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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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I don’t have any money to hire actors. I just need to get people who are going to do a good job being themselves.
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I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
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