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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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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 don’t really listen to pop-country, but I like really, really old country that’s closer to folk. Like Johnny Cash, who is considered country.
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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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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.
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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 created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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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 guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There’s nothing that’s set.
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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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I’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
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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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I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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