I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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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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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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When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
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I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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When you’re doing something you’re not used to, you kind of realize that you’re still a kid: even though the whole world around you sees you as an adult and you’re expected to act like an adult, you still haven’t actually grown up.
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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 guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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