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I don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.

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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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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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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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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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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’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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I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
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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 really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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I wanted to take up guitar because playing piano is a little harder. Carrying a keyboard around is harder, and finding a real piano is much harder, and I wanted to play live more, so I figured a guitar would be easier to carry around.
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I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they’re still musicians, and they’re still making art.
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