I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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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’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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You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you’re okay with who you are or where you came from.
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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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On tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.
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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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I’m not an innovator.
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