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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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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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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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When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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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 really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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I tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.
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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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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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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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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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A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn’t like that for me. I didn’t think of it as a job or a career – it was just something that was constant.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.
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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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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.

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