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" I think too many people are offended by stuff that doesn't matter. "
Syd
Offended
Matter
People
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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 I see myself differently than most people see me. "
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" If you want to be a pioneer, you have to be intentional, at least a little bit. "
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" I was really inspired, working with Odd Future. "
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" 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. "
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" I know that Shia LaBeouf and Fiona Apple went to my alma mater, Hamilton High. "
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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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" As far as open conversations with random people, no I don't really enjoy them. "
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" I want to be a great performer. "
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" Fashion has always been influenced by hip-hop. "
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" If you think I'm a young boy singing these songs, dope. Run with that. "
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" Everybody in Odd Future is their own artist - they have their own friends and their own ideas for things - so we all spent quite a lot of time separated. "
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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'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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" 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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Mom
Help
Brother
" I hate the word 'lesbian.' "
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Word
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Lesbian
" I was a loner; I spent the first half of high school alone. "
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High
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" Performing live was something that I had to really work at. "
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Had
Live
Performing
" If everything happens for a reason, what's the reason? "
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Reason
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" I'm kind of shy when it comes to women, so I don't really approach them. I'll just admire them from afar, and if they happen to say something to me, then maybe I'll find the courage to say something. "
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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 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
" I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing. "
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I Think
Lot
Think
" My parents have always been supportive of whatever I've wanted to do. "
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Whatever
Parents
Supportive
" I think everybody goes through times where they're vulnerable and then times where you're confident and cocky. "
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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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" 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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Shy
Someone
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" I never think I work hard enough, as much things I have on my plate. "
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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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