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" I used to feel like I wasn't a good songwriter when I couldn't finish a song by myself. "
Syd
Myself
Feel
Finish
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" I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing. "
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" I was a loner; I spent the first half of high school alone. "
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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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" I sing every day, on a regular basis. "
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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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Internet
" If you ranked Odd Future, I was at the very bottom. "
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" I'm sure that, on some level of the major-label and old-establishment industry, there are execs and agents who think homosexuality is a liability. "
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" I was 16 when I recorded 'Flashlight.' I produced it, made the beat, wrote it, recorded it. "
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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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" At the end of the day, I represent myself first and foremost, and I'm not going to ever purposely try and misrepresent myself. "
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Day
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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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Connected
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Two
" I'm never a flashy type of person. "
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Person
Never
" I want people to love me for my music. "
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Love Me
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Me
" I grew up in a house that was constantly under construction. It's been under construction my whole life. My mom loves interior decor, and my dad loves construction - he loves demolition and building new walls. "
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House
Construction
" I have an uncle in Jamaica who's an OG producer/songwriter over there, Mikey Bennett. "
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Jamaica
Bennett
Uncle
" 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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Find
Courage
Say
" I don't watch TV. "
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TV
Watch
" 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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Problem
Mom
Me
" Almost everything I've ever recorded, I recorded myself at the desk, in my house. "
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Almost
House
Desk
" It was a nerve-wracking first few years having to tour and perform in front of people with the little bit of confidence I had. "
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First
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People
" 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, for one, am, like, the most ordinary person. Like, people look past me all the time because I'm just so blending in. "
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Person
Me
Look
" 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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You
Want
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" I've always been comfortable with my gayness, but I was intimidated by the social anxiety. "
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Social
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" I think too many people are offended by stuff that doesn't matter. "
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" I grew up watching 'American Idol.' "
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Watching
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" I think I see a lot of artists struggling to make their first album perfect, and I've been there. "
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" As a child, I wanted to be a singer, but that was only because I thought I could sing. I'd sing along to Brandy and Usher and *NSYNC. "
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