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" Feeling anxious or depressed sometimes is part of what it means to be a person, and it might even be essential to success. "
K. Flay
Person
Feeling
Sometimes
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" Pre-show, I warm up my voice, stretch, do a little team huddle, and sometimes throw a shot of whiskey in there, too. After the show, I hang out at merch meeting people and signing things. After that, I usually try to see friends in whatever city we're in, or if I'm super beat, listen to a podcast and pass out. "
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City
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" When I first started making music, I was all about wordplay and how fast I could rap, but over the years, I've really gained an appreciation for melody. What's cool is that when you're singing, you have to be concise, and when you're rapping, you have the opportunity to be really detailed with your lyrics. "
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" 'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass. "
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Compass
Comfortable
Dog
" As an independent artist, you control the means of production, which is the ultimate form of empowerment. "
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Control
Independent
Which
" Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day. "
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Think
Day
Success
" A college degree is not essential, but if you're already in college, and if it's at all possible, you should definitely try to finish. In college, you have a very supportive community right there, and it can give you opportunities to try out new things. "
K. Flay
New Things
Community
College
" I hope people describe my music as lyrically driven, cross genre. Kind of alternative, kind of indie, kind of rap, kind of everything. "
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Kind
Everything
Hope
" I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music. "
K. Flay
Important
Think
Music
" I studied psychology and sociology. I think my assumption was that I would go to graduate school, and I don't know what I was going to do after that. "
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Psychology
Go
School
" I'm having this disbelief and dissatisfaction with an establishment that feels like it's moving backward, and I think there's a similar feeling with everyone of my age and in the world of music and artistic stuff. Art is an important way those feelings get expressed and help people process their feelings and opinions. "
K. Flay
People
Think
World
" I went in reverse with this whole thing. People I've toured with were kids who consumed as much hip-hop as they could. I didn't do that until I started rapping. "
K. Flay
Hip-Hop
Much
Started
" My sound is, at its core, a mix of things. Definitely an imperfect mix, but one that incorporates elements of the music I love - a bit of indie rock, super rhythmic rapping, and lots of synths. "
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Music
Love
Core
" I don't put a ton of time into my on-stage style, largely because I'm dumb about clothes. But I have friends who are very smart about clothes, and they teach me things. For the show, I'm mainly concerned with feeling comfortable, being able to jump around and get wild. "
K. Flay
Friends
Me
Style
" There's only so many variations on the basics of human relationships. To me, it's all about the detail and how you tell the story. How you say, 'I love you.' "
K. Flay
Me
Story
You
" My default is e-40 because there's no one else in the world who raps like him. I've always loved e-40. "
K. Flay
Because
Always
Like
" I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences. "
K. Flay
Matter
Writing
Think
" The one thing that I've always kind of had, ever since I was a kid, was that I lack a certain degree of self-consciousness, which is alternately good and bad. "
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Always
Kind
Good
" I was thinking about how we're so in touch with our image now. That conception of ourselves, in a very physical sense, can be oppressive. You find people wanting to be in dark places, not really see themselves, see themselves as a filtered image. A curated image. "
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Thinking
People
Find
" What's become a big theme in my music is my dad as a narrative character. I never had the opportunity to understand our relationship in a more adult capacity. The unknown is great material for any creative outlet. "
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Character
Great
Music
" I liked that music was a window into a world with a lot of unpredictability and chaos; it was almost diametrically opposed to my very regimented day-to-day living. "
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Living
World
Window
" A good sign for me, that I'm a good spot mentally, is when I'm super prolific. And I just wake up every day excited to make or replicate music in some way. That's really nice. "
K. Flay
Good
Music
Nice
" A lot of people don't even listen to albums start to finish, but I do - for sure. "
K. Flay
People
Listen
Finish
" I think, on the rap side of life, I've always been inspired by and respected Missy Elliott for a long time. She's funny and created an image for herself that was non-sexualized but was really interesting and really cool and really kind of avant-garde in a lot of ways. "
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Funny
Long
Time
" I'm intrigued by people who are super adept at manipulating their own image. We all do it to a certain extent. "
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Certain
Image
Own
" The more I talk to people who are at a place I'd like to be at, whether its music or writing, or being a doctor or entrepreneur, sometimes you get lucky, and right away something happens. But for most people, the common denominator of success is just working really hard. "
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Music
People
Success
" I'm letting inspiration move me, in whatever direction it may, without concern if this sounds too rap or too indie, or there's too many words in it. "
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Words
Direction
Me
" The more time passes in your life, I think the greater you understand perspective. So I'm happy that I've had experiences that have reminded me that most exciting things might not feel so exciting later, and the most disappointing things might not be so disappointing later, either. "
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Happy
Time
Life
" Most of the people at my headline shows are in their 20s, but it varies a ton: like, I've had a six-year-old hug my leg after the show and a 60-year-old shake my hand. It's cool to see people connecting with the music across different generations. "
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Cool
See
Hand
" Remixes are so much fun. For me, it's like this great release of energy. I like producing stuff for myself, but I also enjoy making music that wouldn't really suit my own vibe. "
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Energy
Myself
Music
" More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something. "
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Nothing
Than
Music