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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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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 have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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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 have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
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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 have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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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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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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I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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I was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.
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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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Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.
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I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.
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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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