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On one hand, I think it’s very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it’s not talked about, then we won’t progress.

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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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Often I’ve had problems automatically bending to a lover’s will, becoming what I know they want me to be. Immediately, I learn all the music they love, listen to it, study it, instead of being like, ‘This is what I love!’
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I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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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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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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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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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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I couldn’t wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn’t actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don’t really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that’s what I wanted to do.
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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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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 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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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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