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" Being in the high-school band was some of the funnest years of my life. "
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" There are always safe spaces. You can be a beacon for other people who are struggling. It's hard to put your heart out there and put it in other peoples' hands. But the receiving end is gentle. "
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" Most of the people that work for me are my friends, and I'd like to keep it that way. "
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" I feel like music is sort of therapy for myself. "
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" My whole thing, to keep myself interested - and, you know, I'm a huge hip-hop head - I have tons and tons of a cappellas. So I do these live remix mash-ups with my tracks and just throw them in there. "
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" My one experience with Lollapalooza was in 2009 - it was actually the first music festival I've ever been to. "
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" It's all about the music. Everything else is just extra. "
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" I have always been very interested in thinking deeply about things. I do this a lot. "
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Lot
" I love what I do, and I do it 24/7, and it hurts my relationships very often, but it's worth it. "
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" I love playing live and creating these records that people are so into. "
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" For 'The Anthem,' a lot of my fans were like 'Oh, man, he's getting lazy making just, like, a pop format tune that everyone's doing these days.' But on this album, I wanted to write songs with vocals that would get stuck in my head, not just movements of instrumentals. "
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" When you first start photographing a show or being into photography, you might think it's cool to see people with their phones, like, 'It's so novel; everyone cares about this moment so much,' but then it becomes... trite, y'know, and shallow. I think the best moments of my life have been spent without phones. "
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Think
Moment
" Computers are really patient. They can sit there all day. It's a totally different situation dealing with humans. They can be tired or overly excited. "
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Sit
Day
Tired
" Always focus on the music first. That's the big thing. Staying true to making good music and not sacrificing that for anything. "
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Music
Always
First
" It is totally cool to be gay. "
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Cool
Gay
Totally
" There was so much pressure to fit in, I tried to force myself to be like everyone else. The last thing any teen wants is to be 'uncool.' "
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Teen
Last
Pressure
" My life is my music, so how can I stop? I put 100 percent into my career. I keep this flow going, and that's important. "
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Flow
" In this day and age, I really just don't want to sell people on something. I don't want to have to sell you sound. I don't like selling emotions. Or ideas. I just want to give you these ideas and inspire people. "
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Age
Ideas
Inspire
" My parents took a fairly liberal approach at raising me, always encouraging me to be creative and free-thinking. "
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Creative
Liberal
Always
" I love looking out at a sea of people. It's mind-blowing. But I also like playing clubs. "
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Love
Looking
Out
" The environment of San Francisco has so much history to it that I really appreciate. Musically, socially, and culturally. There's this new culture of people; it's a crazy place to be. "
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People
History
Crazy
" If you make music with business in your head, it'll show. I make it from the heart. There's a difference. "
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You
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Heart
" I'm obsessed with the sound of today, but I was raised on the Motown sound. "
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" No matter what happens with EDM, I would like to go to New Orleans and just play with one of those small funk bands in an intimate venue. How cool would it be to work with a band with those huge horn lines and produce all of that great funk that makes you just want to party? "
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" Fear comes from personal self-acceptance and not the self. "
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" I have a top 10 list of my favorite movies of all time, and just for the sake of not having my top 5 be entirely Miyazaki films, I had to pick one. So, right now, my favorite Miyazaki film is probably 'Princess Mononoke.' "
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Princess
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Movies
" There is so much energy when you work with other people. I'm working with friends and having a blast. "
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" I think we're finally in a culture now where being gay is normalized. "
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Now
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" My roots in electronic music go from weird glitch music to now what's seen as pop music. Electronic music is pop music now. "
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" My vision is a blend of the old school and the new school, but with zero rules. "
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Zero