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" I just want to make art that connects with people and moves them on an emotional level. Any time I can put out music and place a story behind it and have people watch it and go, 'Wow, I was affected by that,' to me, feels like I've done my job. "

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Hayley Kiyoko

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" I thought I would be in a band like Arcade Fire or be like Fiona Apple - but pop just made sense to me. "

" The music industry is such a different world from the acting world. Everything is really last minute, but I love the challenge, and I love owning my material and being able to put out what I want. "

" It's tough as an artist to have such a specific vision for your video in mind when you write a song. Reaching out to directors is like going on blind dates and trying to find someone who sees the exact vision behind your music, which can be really difficult. "

" We all want to be loved. We all want to feel accepted. We all want to feel content. And life is hard. "

" I did not want to be the gay artist, and I talked to my manager all the time, like, I don't want to lead with that. I didn't want people to look at me like that's all I am. "

Hayley Kiyoko

Time

Look

" I'm grateful to the LGBTQ community for giving me the courage to write music about who I am and not just about my sexual orientation. "

Hayley Kiyoko

Courage

Grateful

" My motto is to help people love themselves sooner. I can't teach them how to do that. They have to figure that out on their own - that's their journey. "

" I just love storytelling. I write music to tell stories. So when I'm done writing a song, I take it and go, 'Okay. How can I interpret these lyrics differently?' I love taking lyrics that were so close to me at a certain point in my life and then revamping them. I always want to take things to the next level. "

" In the dating game, the world is difficult because people don't communicate, or they communicate, but then their actions speak louder than words. "

" For me, I think 'Jem' fans were expecting a remake of the cartoon, and the movie really is inspired by the cartoon based in a 2015, modern-day setting. It is going to be very different, but it's also going to be very familiar as well. "

" My mom choreographed the top Olympians; she's really the queen of ice in her world, so I kind of get my directorial bug from her because she's really good at telling people what to do! "

" I know who I am and what I want to say and what I'm supposed to sound like. "

Hayley Kiyoko

Say

Know

" I like to be a part of shows that are trying to make waves and changes. "

Hayley Kiyoko

Changes

Trying

" My hair has been this chapter thing for me. In 'Jem,' I have blue hair. 'Insidious,' it's pink. In 'CSI,' I have blonde. I love changing my hair. It's just hair and it grows all the time. "

Hayley Kiyoko

Time

Hair

" I loved the idea of how all these guys always are stealing other guys' girls and I was like, 'There's no female anthem for a girl stealing another guy's girl,' and that is the coolest thing ever. "

" Everyone uses art for different reasons: We use it as entertainment. We use it as an escape. We use it as comfort. Everyone uses it for different reasons. "

" I've been parading around, leading people, being loud, since forever. "

" I've always wanted my lyrics to say something meaningful and, you know, you always want to tell a message with your art. So yes, as I continue to write music, I will write about things that are real and things that I feel aren't written about a lot. "

" My friends call my style 'old man chic.' I wear loafers and stylish sweatpants. I love to stay comfortable, so I definitely funk it up, but I'm always comfortable. I wear lots of hats and feathers, and I kind of have a little obsession with Native American jewelry. "

" For me, every music video is a hurdle. Every time I do a music video, I'm constantly fighting to get my point across. As a gay woman, that's also a big hurdle. "

" My journey has really been trying to normalize girls loving girls. "

" When I approach my music and my music videos, obviously all of the subjects and stories that I tell come from an honest, truthful place and the experiences that I've had. "

" I really never imagined that I could ever even direct anything, so 'Girls Like Girls' was co-directed. "

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