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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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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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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On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I’m becoming a stereotype, but it’s what I want to eat. I want to eat rice.
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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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I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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I feel like I’ve always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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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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When someone is a musician – trying to make a living off being a public figure – it’s really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn’t have a personal life.
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I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
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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 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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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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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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