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" I really like being home. I like being comfortable, and I'm not a very dramatic person. "

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" I try to not think too much about how people are receiving my music. And I'm not really famous enough that it's a problem. "

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" 'Betsy' is one of my favorites because it is the one to which I've imposed the least clear narrative. To me, it's so much more about the feeling - desperation - than any kind of story at all. There's very little imagery or character development; it's just about a deep and desperate search for something. "

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" One thing that's really important to me in my music is mystery. "

" It's so hard to know where you belong, ever. You have to be yourself and let yourself fall wherever you fall. "

" I'm happy that I worked alone on 'Tragedy,' but it's obvious that I was trying to create something much bigger than I could do on my own. "

" I prefer to work with mystery, but that doesn't work well in an academic environment. They want you to analyze what you're doing, which is toxic to the creative process for people like me. "

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" I'm inspired by nonmusical things a lot, whether it's a film or a book or whatever. "

" I like talking about my music. "

" The classic problem in a relationship is a person trying to control the other person. People just want to conquer somebody. "

" I like working with students a lot and watching some of the amazing stuff they put together. "

" If I'm kind of sad or depressed, it doesn't necessarily help me to write a song about exactly what I'm depressed about. "

" I think what's interesting in L.A. is that there's a lot of variety because L.A. is very spread out. I think there is a lot I don't know about, to be completely honest. It's a very mysterious town. "

" I've never felt at home anywhere. "

" I don't like to talk too much about my music; I like people to just experience it and not worry what I have to say. "

" I grew up watching 'Gigi.' My grandmother had it, and I watched it there. "

" The Beatles, even Radiohead, all of my favorite stuff I'd play on the piano. But it was all very secret - for me, for fun. I wasn't going to record myself playing those songs, and it never occurred to me to write a song of my own. "

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" I started playing piano when I was eight, and I went on to study piano in school, so I have a background in classical piano and studied composition in school. Writing music came later. "

" I did study with Anne Carson briefly in Michigan. She taught there, and that's where I first encountered her, in her class. "

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