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" I feel like I've always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel. "

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" I was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don't know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time. "

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

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" What's important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It's very reflective of my ideology. "

" You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you're okay with who you are or where you came from. "

" Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere. "

" I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there's more people in the audience than I'm used to. "

" 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. "

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" I think it's our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we're able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn's case, we as artists somehow made it 'cool' enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over. "

" 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.' "

" Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they're still musicians, and they're still making art. "

" Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things. "

" When you're an adult, things mellow out. I think when you're a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness. "

" On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I'm becoming a stereotype, but it's what I want to eat. I want to eat rice. "

" In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I'd never stayed in one place for so long. "

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" I couldn't wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn't actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don't really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that's what I wanted to do. "

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" I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, 'I love this place.' "

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

" I think people don't realize how little of being an artist is making art. "

" A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn't like that for me. I didn't think of it as a job or a career - it was just something that was constant. "

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

" I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art. "