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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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" 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. "

Syd

Mom

Help

Brother

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

" I started taking vocal lessons steadily. I started taking it seriously. "

" I used to feel like I wasn't a good songwriter when I couldn't finish a song by myself. "

" 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. "

" I have stopped going out places just to avoid uncomfortable conversations. "

" It's no secret that I love women. I think everyone loves women. And I like having beautiful women around me. "

Syd

Beautiful

Think

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

" 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. "

Syd

Know

House

" I, for one, am, like, the most ordinary person. Like, people look past me all the time because I'm just so blending in. "

Syd

Person

Look

" I knew that if I just came out as a singer, people would just be criticizing my voice. "

" I know that Shia LaBeouf and Fiona Apple went to my alma mater, Hamilton High. "

" 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. "

Syd

Find

" I think my first client other than my brother was this kid named Tallent. I was charging him eight dollars an hour to record in my room. He kept coming back, then I went up to ten dollars an hour. "

" It took me a very long time to be comfortable in my own skin. "

" My dad makes me breakfast every morning; he's very worried about my nutrition. "

Syd

Morning

Nutrition

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I don't watch TV. "

Syd

Watch

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

" My conscience is really active. So I feel bad about spending excess amount of money on things. "

" For me, I'm just trying to keep it fun, keep it interesting, not get stuck on the same sound, the same wave for too long. "

" I've written songs about women since I've been involved with women, but I do know a few gay female artists who, back in the day, would write songs about men. "

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

" 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. "

" I use Logic or Reason and a midi keyboard for beats. If it's gonna have all live instruments in it, I'll probably use Pro Tools and have the band lay stuff down. "

" My dad's a businessman, and I grew up looking up to him, how he dressed to go to work and, whenever I went to his office, how he spoke to people. "

" 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 gotten used to not having all the responsibility on my shoulders. "