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" I don't set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it's about. "

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" I think it's very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable. "

" I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed. "

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" I know for a fact that I'm problematic. I shouldn't be looked to for any kind of guidance. "

" I've stopped wanting a home, I think, because I've been on tour all my life, basically. "

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" If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me. "

" I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions. "

" There's this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we're supposed to hate each other, and that's totally not productive. "

" I really just care about making music and how I can make it next. "

" I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn't identify as that before I came here. People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way. "

" When you're young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously. "

" I'm punk, but I love gold. "

" I didn't fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive, I created this 'ideal America.' Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, 'Oh, I don't belong here, either.' "

" I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up. "

" I'm not an innovator. "

" When you love someone and care about them, you want what's best for them, and it's always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren't what's best for them, how hard you try. "

" I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions - it's overwhelming, because things don't fade for me. "

" I really like The Cars. They're just so over the top and super pop, but I don't feel guilty. I'm proud of all the music I listen to. "

" I don't care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it. "

" It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely. "

" Tour isn't good for writing, but it's good for inspiration. "

" I don't think 'bleak' is a bad thing. "

" I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music. "

" It's very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over. "

" I'm Japanese, and I'm also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp. "

" With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There's nothing that's set. "

" I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art. "

" I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities. "