Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
MITSKIMiyazaki 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 think music is supposed to be shared.
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What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
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You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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I don’t think I’m alone in this: I’m obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.
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I think what’s hard for me is not that I don’t get downtime to chill, it’s that I don’t get time to make music.
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When you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
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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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When you are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.
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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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When you love someone and care about them, you want what’s best for them, and it’s always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren’t what’s best for them, how hard you try.
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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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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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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