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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.

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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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Abroad Communities Insular International Life Love Most
I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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Can Dance Guess Move Playful Say Serious Too Twist
All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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Al Do Karaoke People Person Sing Want
Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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Like Music Say Someone Something
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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Also Came From Heartbroken Okay Realize Relationship
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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Always Choose Feel Like Make One Place Stay Thing Travel Want
I think music is supposed to be shared.
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Music Share Suppose Think
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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Able Artist Communities Fight Our Reason Responsibility Think
I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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Came Care How Just Make Music Next Really
It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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Over Say Somebody Tempting Want When You
When someone is a musician – trying to make a living off being a public figure – it’s really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn’t have a personal life.
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Being Figure Live Make Musician Public Someone Try
Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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Being Good Outsider Relly Writer
Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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Good Inspiration Tour Writing
Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
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Everything Haven Ten Instead Knock Once Seem Thing Time
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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Brain Control Entered Growth Influence Kid Out Thing Think
All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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All Feel Like Seriously Taken Time

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