If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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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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If I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.
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I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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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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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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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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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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Then you start to realise, ‘Oh, I’m bending a lot,’ and they’re just standing there existing, and I’m bending around them. But you can’t blame them: they don’t realise it; that’s just how they already existed. It’s hard.
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I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.
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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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