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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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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" In L.A., you can play forever, and no one around the world will hear you. "

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" When I'm depressed is when I'm not interested in writing anything, whereas some people, I think, are spurred to creativity through their personal experiences and through depression. And for me, it's a very low place, and it's not fruitful. "

" I'm not an unhappy person - I'm just an anxious person. It runs in the family. "

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