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" I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans. "
Syd
Happen
Dope
Music
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" Once we got signed, I moved out of my house because I was having teenage issues with my mom. It really wasn't my fault, looking back. You know, I'm gay; it's weird. It was one of the things. She has no problem with me being gay, but she had a problem with me dressing the way I do at first. "
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" 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. "
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" I used to get the most anxiety before shows because I really was never prepared. "
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" I've gotten used to not having all the responsibility on my shoulders. "
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" I grew up watching 'American Idol.' "
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Watching
Grew
Idol
" I think I see a lot of artists struggling to make their first album perfect, and I've been there. "
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" 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. "
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Gay
" I learned everything I knew about recording and engineering from my experience with Odd Future, so I was pretty comfortable with not having much. "
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" 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. "
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Gay
Men
Day
" I love being part of a creative process, so having a band to work with is perfect for me. "
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Creative
Work
Process
" Feeling invisible definitely makes you want to become visible sometimes. "
Syd
Feeling
Invisible
Sometimes
" I think too many people are offended by stuff that doesn't matter. "
Syd
Offended
Matter
People
" Almost everything I've ever recorded, I recorded myself at the desk, in my house. "
Syd
Almost
House
Desk
" I hate the word 'lesbian.' "
Syd
Word
Hate
Lesbian
" I was a loner; I spent the first half of high school alone. "
Syd
Loner
High
High School
" 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 want people to love me for my music. "
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Love Me
Love
Me
" At the end of the day, I represent myself first and foremost, and I'm not going to ever purposely try and misrepresent myself. "
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End
Day
Try
" 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 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. "
Syd
Band
Down
Live
" I was really inspired, working with Odd Future. "
Syd
Working
Future
Inspired
" I grew up in a house that was constantly under construction. It's been under construction my whole life. My mom loves interior decor, and my dad loves construction - he loves demolition and building new walls. "
Syd
Building
House
Construction
" Justin Timberlake has a great live show. "
Syd
Live
Justin Timberlake
Show
" 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
" My parents have always been supportive of whatever I've wanted to do. "
Syd
Whatever
Parents
Supportive
" I want to say I hate my generation, but I don't. "
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Generation
Hate
Want
" 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. "
Syd
Sing
Over
Internet
" I remember my first albums: Brandy's first album and Usher's 'My Way.' "
Syd
Way
Album
First
" I lived in a pretty big house, and we had a guesthouse, so when I was 14, I built a studio in my bedroom, which was pretty big. It was two rooms connected, so I turned the second into a studio and ran the mic in my closet. "
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Connected
Bedroom
Two