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" I want to be remembered as iconic and different. "

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" Once you've changed who you are or who you've portrayed in your music, the fans, they'll catch it... Once I feel like the world knows me for anything else but my music, then I feel like I failed. "

" I feel like the way I was raised was to be able to see through all the titles in this world - from religion to race. "

" I was very camera shy. People like hot girls, so I put my music to hot girls and it just became a trend. The whole 'enigmatic artist' thing, I just ran with it. No one could find pictures of me. "

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" Me not finishing school - in my head, I still have this insecurity when I'm talking to someone educated. "