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" I sing, but I'm not a singer. I'm just a producer who sings on her own songs because I can't find anybody else who sounds like me. "
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" I feel like I'm real honest in my music. Even if it ends up being an exaggeration or a fantasy, it's a fantasy that's real to me. "
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" 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. "
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" Almost everything I've ever recorded, I recorded myself at the desk, in my house. "
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" I think the selfie age is kind of making fame annoying. "
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" I think I see myself differently than most people see me. "
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" 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. "
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" Justin Timberlake has a great live show. "
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" I've realised that I actually like being by myself. "
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" I've always been comfortable with my gayness, but I was intimidated by the social anxiety. "
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" If you ranked Odd Future, I was at the very bottom. "
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" 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. "
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" It kind of feels good to make something that you're proud of and it's also very real to you. "
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" It's no secret that I love women. I think everyone loves women. And I like having beautiful women around me. "
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" I'm just a really shy person. I don't gravitate towards attention, so for someone like me to have as much attention as I have is bizarre. "
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" Studying James Fauntleroy, I learned it's okay to write a bad song. Just write another one the next day and hope that it's better. "
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" 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. "
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" I remember my first albums: Brandy's first album and Usher's 'My Way.' "
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" Don't overthink it, and don't let technicalities stop you from creating. "
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" 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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" 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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" If everything happens for a reason, what's the reason? "
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" I've always known I was a genius. But I never thought I was a star. "
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" I get kinda nervous before every show. "
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" It's weird: I don't really know where I pull my inspiration from. I think it's N.E.R.D. "
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" The gay community hated me for being part of Odd Future. They thought Odd Future was homophobic because they tend to use homophobic slang, and they were like: 'How can you work for and support homophobes?' But they aren't homophobic; they just don't really care whether you're offended or not. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I hate the word 'lesbian.' "
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" I grew up watching 'American Idol.' "
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