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" I was 16 when I recorded 'Flashlight.' I produced it, made the beat, wrote it, recorded it. "
Syd
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" I have stopped going out places just to avoid uncomfortable conversations. "
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" I want to be a great performer. "
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" Some people just need something to be mad about. "
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" I'm not ashamed in the least bit of being gay or being a lesbian. I just prefer to call myself gay for some reason. "
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" Older people generally appreciate live music. "
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" Most of my friends are straight dudes. I talk to them about girls. I don't talk to girls about girls; I don't talk to gay girls about girls. "
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" I think too many people are offended by stuff that doesn't matter. "
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" Studying James Fauntleroy, I learned it's okay to write a bad song. Just write another one the next day and hope that it's better. "
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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 like that I'm an engineer - it sets me apart from a lot of other artists. "
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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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Me
" I was really inspired, working with Odd Future. "
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" 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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" I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing. "
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I Think
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" I've always been comfortable with my gayness, but I was intimidated by the social anxiety. "
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Comfortable
Social
Anxiety
" I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans. "
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Music
" If you want to be a pioneer, you have to be intentional, at least a little bit. "
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Want
Pioneer
" It's no secret that I love women. I think everyone loves women. And I like having beautiful women around me. "
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Beautiful
Think
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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Building
House
Construction
" My conscience is really active. So I feel bad about spending excess amount of money on things. "
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" I feel like once you go with a band, it's hard to go back. I just don't see myself performing without a band. "
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Band
Back
You
" If you think I'm a young boy singing these songs, dope. Run with that. "
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Think
Boy
Run
" I think I see a lot of artists struggling to make their first album perfect, and I've been there. "
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See
Think
Perfect
" Kaytranada's a really cool dude. "
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Dude
Really
Cool
" My dad makes me breakfast every morning; he's very worried about my nutrition. "
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Morning
He
Nutrition
" 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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" 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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" My parents have always been supportive of whatever I've wanted to do. "
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" Fashion has always been influenced by hip-hop. "
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