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" At the end of the day, I represent myself first and foremost, and I'm not going to ever purposely try and misrepresent myself. "

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" I never think I work hard enough, as much things I have on my plate. "

" I've realised that I actually like being by myself. "

" It's weird: I don't really know where I pull my inspiration from. I think it's N.E.R.D. "

" I'm just a really shy person. I don't gravitate towards attention, so for someone like me to have as much attention as I have is bizarre. "

" I want to say I hate my generation, but I don't. "

" I feel like I'm real honest in my music. Even if it ends up being an exaggeration or a fantasy, it's a fantasy that's real to me. "

" I'm never a flashy type of person. "

" I don't really watch too many movies, but I try to watch inspirational pieces about other musicians. Musical documentaries truly inspire me. "

" Don't overthink it, and don't let technicalities stop you from creating. "

" I used to have long hair and get it done every two weeks, and it was never worth it to me. I would just walk out of the salon and put it in a ponytail anyway. "

" If I have a session with an artist who I've never worked with before, they don't have to meet my parents, you know? Unless they want to. "

" The gay community hated me for being part of Odd Future. They thought Odd Future was homophobic because they tend to use homophobic slang, and they were like: 'How can you work for and support homophobes?' But they aren't homophobic; they just don't really care whether you're offended or not. "

" I get kinda nervous before every show. "

" My dad's a businessman, and I grew up looking up to him, how he dressed to go to work and, whenever I went to his office, how he spoke to people. "

" Once we got signed, I moved out of my house because I was having teenage issues with my mom. It really wasn't my fault, looking back. You know, I'm gay; it's weird. It was one of the things. She has no problem with me being gay, but she had a problem with me dressing the way I do at first. "

" I use Logic or Reason and a midi keyboard for beats. If it's gonna have all live instruments in it, I'll probably use Pro Tools and have the band lay stuff down. "

" I used to get the most anxiety before shows because I really was never prepared. "

" I'm sure that, on some level of the major-label and old-establishment industry, there are execs and agents who think homosexuality is a liability. "

" I think I see a lot of artists struggling to make their first album perfect, and I've been there. "

" I've gotten used to not having all the responsibility on my shoulders. "

" I, for one, am, like, the most ordinary person. Like, people look past me all the time because I'm just so blending in. "

" I lived in a pretty big house, and we had a guesthouse, so when I was 14, I built a studio in my bedroom, which was pretty big. It was two rooms connected, so I turned the second into a studio and ran the mic in my closet. "

" Most of my friends are straight dudes. I talk to them about girls. I don't talk to girls about girls; I don't talk to gay girls about girls. "

" I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans. "

" My mom wasn't expecting me to end up how I ended up. When she wanted to have kids, she wanted to have two girls, and then she got my brother and me. Which is a disappointment to anybody. You can't help it. "

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" I sing every day, on a regular basis. "