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" I hate the word 'lesbian.' "
Syd
Word
Hate
Lesbian
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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. "
Syd
Together
Mistakes
Great
" I want to be a great performer. "
Syd
Great
Performer
Want
" I've gotten used to not having all the responsibility on my shoulders. "
Syd
Having
Shoulders
Used
" I learned everything I knew about recording and engineering from my experience with Odd Future, so I was pretty comfortable with not having much. "
Syd
Future
Engineering
Experience
" 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. "
Syd
Only
Sing
Singer
" I knew that if I just came out as a singer, people would just be criticizing my voice. "
Syd
People
Singer
Out
" 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. "
Syd
Made
Just
Music
" I love being part of a creative process, so having a band to work with is perfect for me. "
Syd
Creative
Work
Process
" Most of my friends are straight dudes. I talk to them about girls. I don't talk to girls about girls; I don't talk to gay girls about girls. "
Syd
Friends
Most
Gay
" I wish I could sing like Nelly. "
Syd
I Wish
Wish
Sing
" Almost everything I've ever recorded, I recorded myself at the desk, in my house. "
Syd
Almost
House
Desk
" I've always been comfortable with my gayness, but I was intimidated by the social anxiety. "
Syd
Comfortable
Social
Anxiety
" I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans. "
Syd
Happen
Dope
Music
" I remember my first albums: Brandy's first album and Usher's 'My Way.' "
Syd
Way
Album
First
" Fashion has always been influenced by hip-hop. "
Syd
Been
Hip-Hop
Fashion
" I feel like once you go with a band, it's hard to go back. I just don't see myself performing without a band. "
Syd
Band
Back
You
" I never think I work hard enough, as much things I have on my plate. "
Syd
Enough
Think
Work Hard
" 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. "
Syd
Gay
Reason
Myself
" 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. "
Syd
Gay
Men
Day
" Some people just need something to be mad about. "
Syd
Mad
Just
Need
" 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
More
" I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing. "
Syd
I Think
Lot
Think
" Everybody in Odd Future is their own artist - they have their own friends and their own ideas for things - so we all spent quite a lot of time separated. "
Syd
Time
Artist
Friends
" 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
" Finding someone that trusted my vision helped me find certainty in who I was. "
Syd
Vision
Finding
Who
" I grew up watching 'American Idol.' "
Syd
Watching
Grew
Idol
" 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. "
Syd
Worth
Hair
Done
" 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. "
Syd
Long
Trying
Interesting
" I don't watch TV. "
Syd
TV
Watch
" 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
First
Confidence
People