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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’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 have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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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 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 don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
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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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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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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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You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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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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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 really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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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 know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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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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