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" 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. "
Syd
Women
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" Once we got signed, I moved out of my house because I was having teenage issues with my mom. It really wasn't my fault, looking back. You know, I'm gay; it's weird. It was one of the things. She has no problem with me being gay, but she had a problem with me dressing the way I do at first. "
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" If everything happens for a reason, what's the reason? "
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" I used to have long hair and get it done every two weeks, and it was never worth it to me. I would just walk out of the salon and put it in a ponytail anyway. "
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" If you want to be a pioneer, you have to be intentional, at least a little bit. "
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" 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. "
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" I, for one, am, like, the most ordinary person. Like, people look past me all the time because I'm just so blending in. "
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" 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. "
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" Older people generally appreciate live music. "
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" I used to get the most anxiety before shows because I really was never prepared. "
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" It took me a very long time to be comfortable in my own skin. "
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" My mom wasn't expecting me to end up how I ended up. When she wanted to have kids, she wanted to have two girls, and then she got my brother and me. Which is a disappointment to anybody. You can't help it. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" It's weird: I don't really know where I pull my inspiration from. I think it's N.E.R.D. "
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" I think that's what I learned a lot from Odd Future. I learned a lot of great things from them, but one of the mistakes that they made was that we didn't stay together, and we didn't communicate. We never had meetings. Everybody had issues with everybody else and wouldn't talk about it. "
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" I was really inspired, working with Odd Future. "
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" Finding someone that trusted my vision helped me find certainty in who I was. "
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" Justin Timberlake has a great live show. "
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" Guitar Center hooks me up on a lot of stuff. "
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" I'm not ashamed in the least bit of being gay or being a lesbian. I just prefer to call myself gay for some reason. "
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" As a child, I wanted to be a singer, but that was only because I thought I could sing. I'd sing along to Brandy and Usher and *NSYNC. "
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" I go through stages with all kinds of stuff. There'll be a couple of months where I'm reading, you know, like, fiction mystery novels, and there'll be a couple more where I'll be redecorating a room in my house. "
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" I don't even start singing anything until the mic is on and recording, because my first ideas are usually my best ones. So I'll just press record; I'll freestyle a whole three minutes. "
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" Fashion has always been influenced by hip-hop. "
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" I remember my first albums: Brandy's first album and Usher's 'My Way.' "
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