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" I can't usually stomach a project after I finish it, but for those days and weeks and months that it's new to me, I do listen to it, and it might change over time, but it's about function. "

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" It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story, and all kinds of sonic goodness - sonic goodies. "

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" In the studio, we adhere to a strict colour code. Developed over decades, the colour code consists of a finite and precise colour palate... The whole world as we experience it comes to us through the mystic realm of colour. "

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" When I was growing up, there was nobody in my family - not even my mother - who I could look to and be like, 'I know you've never said anything homophobic.' So, you know, you worry about people in the business who you've heard talk that way. Some of my heroes coming up talk recklessly like that. "

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" I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that. "

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" As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy. "

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" As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that. "

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" There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness. "

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" I think we all change each other's paths. I don't know which law idea that is in physics, but I don't think any of us can live without affecting one another. "

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" We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure. "

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" I don't fear anybody... at all. "

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" The work is the work. The work is not me. "

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" Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story, but music sometimes, just music itself, can turn into more of a maths problem. I guess everything in life is a math problem, but it can be more about an empirical route to getting the symmetry that you want, and this vibe, sonically. "

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" I play piano every day. I enjoy that. "

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" I don't ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing 'cos that's just... that's just telling yourself a lie. "

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" I had writer's block for almost a year. "

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" We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I'm going to be alive, I want to be challenged - to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn't an easy way, but it's a rewarding way. "

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" The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me. "

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" I might just write a novel next. I don't know! "

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