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When you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.

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I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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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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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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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 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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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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When you’re an adult, things mellow out. I think when you’re a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.
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I feel like I’ve always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.
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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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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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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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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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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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