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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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" 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. "

Syd

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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. "

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

" I think too many people are offended by stuff that doesn't matter. "

" Justin Timberlake has a great live show. "

" I think everybody goes through times where they're vulnerable and then times where you're confident and cocky. "

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

" 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. "

" When I started making music, I just wanted to be the producer who sang the hooks. I wanted to be Pharrell, honestly, the one who made the beats and was in the music video with the girls. "

" I remember my first albums: Brandy's first album and Usher's 'My Way.' "

" I've always been conscious not to take advantage of my sexual orientation because I don't think it's fair, and it shouldn't matter. "

" I have an uncle in Jamaica who's an OG producer/songwriter over there, Mikey Bennett. "

" If you ranked Odd Future, I was at the very bottom. "

" I learned everything I knew about recording and engineering from my experience with Odd Future, so I was pretty comfortable with not having much. "

" I'm just a really shy person. I don't gravitate towards attention, so for someone like me to have as much attention as I have is bizarre. "

Syd

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Someone

" I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans. "

" I want to say I hate my generation, but I don't. "

" Fashion has always been influenced by hip-hop. "

" If I have a session with an artist who I've never worked with before, they don't have to meet my parents, you know? Unless they want to. "

" I want to be a great performer. "

" Some people just need something to be mad about. "

" I don't watch TV. "

Syd

Watch

" I was really inspired, working with Odd Future. "

" I'm never a flashy type of person. "

" I grew up watching 'American Idol.' "

" I was 16 when I recorded 'Flashlight.' I produced it, made the beat, wrote it, recorded it. "

" I like that I'm an engineer - it sets me apart from a lot of other artists. "

Syd

Artists

Engineer

" 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

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" Finding someone that trusted my vision helped me find certainty in who I was. "

" I'm sure that, on some level of the major-label and old-establishment industry, there are execs and agents who think homosexuality is a liability. "