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I think it’s our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we’re able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn’s case, we as artists somehow made it ‘cool’ enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over.

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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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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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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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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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In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I’d never stayed in one place for so long.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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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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Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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Gold Punk Love
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 think what’s hard for me is not that I don’t get downtime to chill, it’s that I don’t get time to make music.
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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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When you’re an adult, things mellow out. I think when you’re a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.
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I think it’s our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we’re able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn’s case, we as artists somehow made it ‘cool’ enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over.
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