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" I really write at home on my own, and the demos themselves are very similar to the final recordings in a lots of ways. "

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" I think my music is experimental, playful, challenging, focused, fun. I don't want it to be thought of as trying to appeal to a certain type of person or being very cerebral. "

" I played cello on my early recordings, but that doesn't mean I'm a cellist, you know? "

" I started classical piano when I was eight, but I wasn't a virtuoso. I just really liked it. "

" When you make music on your own for so long, you get used to just doing whatever you want. "

" I like talking about my music. "

" One of the struggles that I have with classical music is the way one thinks about a recapitulation. There's always this idea of themes, and I have trouble with that. "

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" What was special about Leonard Cohen's work was its calm mystery. "

" When I was a kid, I had a xylophone, and I thought that was the instrument I wanted to play. I didn't realize it was a toy. "

" I don't write thinking directly about what I'm feeling, usually. I just let myself write whatever comes out without it necessarily being directly a translation of what I'm aware that I'm feeling, you know? "

" To me, the process of art is very much a process of translation, of borrowing. "

" One thing I do like about L.A. is the fact that you can be - whether you're famous or it's just a matter of, like, seeing people you know all the time on the street, you can be pretty anonymous and walk around and, like, not run into people, because it's such a big city and because a lot of people drive. "

" Saying that something is accessible gives it this implication that people need something, and thinking that we know what people need or want is really unpleasant. I don't like to think that way, like, predicting what it is that the people want. "

" I don't fit into a group very well socially. And that might be reflected in my music. "

" 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. "

" If I feel like I'm myself, then I'm very uncomfortable. "

" I like mantras and repeating things, like in pop music, where you repeat a line over and over again. It's just so beautiful. "

" The meaning of the words in my songs are very important to me. But what's most important to me is that the music works. "

" It's hard for me to get shows in the U.S. It's that simple. I don't know what that means. I think it means there's not as much support here for my music? "

" 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 don't think I'll ever become a pop star. "

" '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. "

" I do have a big problem with the idea of music as a form of communication unless it's political - and that's where it's tricky because a lot of music is political, even if it's not overtly so. But my music isn't that; it's about a feeling. "

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" Amidst all the internal and external babble we experience daily, it's hard to find one's foundation. "