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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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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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I think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
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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 your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
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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 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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I don’t want to be elitist.
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I think it’s our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we’re able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn’s case, we as artists somehow made it ‘cool’ enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over.
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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 don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
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I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in ‘Teardrops On My Guitar,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t this song great?’ And everyone was like, ‘Who’s Taylor Swift?’ And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.
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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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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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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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