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" Finding someone that trusted my vision helped me find certainty in who I was. "

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" At some point, I started listening to music a little differently. Rather than being like, 'Yo, this is dope - who made this?' it started being like, 'I wish I made this.' "

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

" It was a nerve-wracking first few years having to tour and perform in front of people with the little bit of confidence I had. "

" I've always been conscious not to take advantage of my sexual orientation because I don't think it's fair, and it shouldn't matter. "

" I love being part of a creative process, so having a band to work with is perfect for me. "

" If you think I'm a young boy singing these songs, dope. Run with that. "

" I want people to love me for my music. "

" I do want to inspire people - young girls who may like to wear boys' clothes and who romanticize women and feel nothing wrong with it. "

" If you want to be a pioneer, you have to be intentional, at least a little bit. "

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

" For Odd Future, I only made beats for Mike G. With the Internet, I'm part of a production team making tracks for me to sing over. "

" My parents have always been supportive of whatever I've wanted to do. "

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

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

" Kaytranada's a really cool dude. "

" Older people generally appreciate live music. "

" If everything happens for a reason, what's the reason? "

" 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'm kind of shy when it comes to women, so I don't really approach them. I'll just admire them from afar, and if they happen to say something to me, then maybe I'll find the courage to say something. "

" Studying James Fauntleroy, I learned it's okay to write a bad song. Just write another one the next day and hope that it's better. "

" It kind of feels good to make something that you're proud of and it's also very real to you. "

" I sing, but I'm not a singer. I'm just a producer who sings on her own songs because I can't find anybody else who sounds like me. "

" I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing. "

" I was really inspired, working with Odd Future. "

" Some people just need something to be mad about. "

" 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 think I see myself differently than most people see me. "

" 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. "

" I think the audience is getting it right, you know what I mean? And that's kind of rare when the artist feels like their audience understand them. But I feel like people are understanding exactly what I'm going for. And that's awesome. "