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" I used to have long hair and get it done every two weeks, and it was never worth it to me. I would just walk out of the salon and put it in a ponytail anyway. "
Syd
Worth
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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, 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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" I don't watch TV. "
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" I think that's what I learned a lot from Odd Future. I learned a lot of great things from them, but one of the mistakes that they made was that we didn't stay together, and we didn't communicate. We never had meetings. Everybody had issues with everybody else and wouldn't talk about it. "
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" I wish I could sing like Nelly. "
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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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" I've always been comfortable with my gayness, but I was intimidated by the social anxiety. "
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" I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing. "
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" I want people to love me for my music. "
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" Don't overthink it, and don't let technicalities stop you from creating. "
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Creating
Stop
" I used to get the most anxiety before shows because I really was never prepared. "
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" I think my first client other than my brother was this kid named Tallent. I was charging him eight dollars an hour to record in my room. He kept coming back, then I went up to ten dollars an hour. "
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" Older people generally appreciate live music. "
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Older
" 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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Me
Like
Find
" I remember my first albums: Brandy's first album and Usher's 'My Way.' "
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Album
First
" I think the audience is getting it right, you know what I mean? And that's kind of rare when the artist feels like their audience understand them. But I feel like people are understanding exactly what I'm going for. And that's awesome. "
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Know
Understanding
Think
" I go through stages with all kinds of stuff. There'll be a couple of months where I'm reading, you know, like, fiction mystery novels, and there'll be a couple more where I'll be redecorating a room in my house. "
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House
More
" I don't really watch too many movies, but I try to watch inspirational pieces about other musicians. Musical documentaries truly inspire me. "
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" I've always known I was a genius. But I never thought I was a star. "
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Thought
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" I have an uncle in Jamaica who's an OG producer/songwriter over there, Mikey Bennett. "
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Jamaica
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Uncle
" I was really inspired, working with Odd Future. "
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Working
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Inspired
" Almost everything I've ever recorded, I recorded myself at the desk, in my house. "
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Almost
House
Desk
" My dad's a businessman, and I grew up looking up to him, how he dressed to go to work and, whenever I went to his office, how he spoke to people. "
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Work
Dressed
Looking
" I'm never a flashy type of person. "
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Type
Person
Never
" If you ranked Odd Future, I was at the very bottom. "
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Day
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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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Made
" If you want to be a pioneer, you have to be intentional, at least a little bit. "
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