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" I didn't date for my entire teen life - it just wasn't on my mind. "
Kiesza
Life
Teen
Mind
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" When I'm on a plane, I am the annoying person humming into my phone. Sitting there static with nothing to do, a lot of melodies come to me. So I've written a lot of songs on planes. "
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" It's hard to dance to really fast music. All you can do is pump your fist to it, and after a while, you're going to have a seizure. "
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" I wear crop tops and stuff, but I genuinely like that style, so it's just has to be genuine. Once you start getting to that world where you're using sexuality to try to propel something, you're losing the moment. You've lost; people are not focusing on that anymore. "
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" People have mentioned, 'Maybe you should try to be more sexy. Look at how this butt stuff propelled this person to the top of the chart; it's amazing!' And I'm like, 'What if I really want to sing something to people?' I speak my mind. I want to be that person people feel they can listen to. "
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" I didn't want to be that artist that is successful as a result of someone else. Not that that's wrong, but I felt like I had what it took. I really believed I could do it on my own, so I wanted to try, at least. "
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" You cannot teach a person how to write songs. It's about being your own person and following your instincts. "
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" In the Navy, the path is paved for you. Your job is to be a soldier and fit in. As long as you stick to your place, it's actually really easy. "
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Path
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" I was in a rock band; I was my own folk singer; I was in a death metal band for a very short time; I was in a cover band, a jazz band, a blues band. I was in a gospel choir. "
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Blues
Time
" Beauty has so many forms, and I think the most beautiful thing is confidence and loving yourself. "
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Beautiful
Beauty
" You're taught that you can keep going in the military. Your point of collapse is not what you thought it was. Your body is built to survive, and when you think you're going to collapse, you still have so much more left in you. "
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You
Keep Going
" When something really grabs me, I dive into it. "
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Dive
Something
Me
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See
" I was a weird teenager. My mother was actually worried because I didn't have any interest in dating in my teenage years. I had all this desire to pursue my passions like ballet, then sailing, then music, so I didn't have any emptiness to fill. "
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Mother
Dating
" From the age of three to 15, I wanted to be a ballerina and trained really, really hard. Then I had that classic movie story moment, where I had an injury and had to give up my dream. "
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" I love Canadians. I think we make an impact around the world just when people meet us, and whenever I meet another Canadian, I see it as well. "
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" My sound definitely pays a lot of homage to the Nineties, but not just the dance music. There's also breakbeats, R&B, the big ballads. It's that whole era infused with very modern sounds. "
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" When I started writing music on the guitar, it started off very folky because of my limited ability to play. It was slow, soft melodies. But then, as I got better on the guitar, I started exploring different sounds. "
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Found
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