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" I was really bored of making downtempo albums. "

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" I'm never going to sing the words, 'I want to shut down the club,' never, ever. "

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" I don't really identify as gay; I don't really know what I am. "

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" I refrain from blaming anything on my parents. "

" I don't want to be famous or recognizable. I don't want to be critiqued about the way that I look on the Internet... I've been writing pop songs for pop stars for a couple years and see what their lives are like, and that's just not something I want. "

" If a transporter could send me from the bed with the dogs watching crappy TV to the stage five minutes before I go on, then immediately back to bed, I would love it. "

" What I do enjoy is the creative process. "

" I'm really visually stimulated more than anything. I don't really listen to music. I'm more into watching telly or watching movies and visual art. "

" I do not love performing. I get really scared. "

" I love visual gags and gimmicks; I love them. "

" If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous. "

" When I'm writing a pop song, I'll just write formulaically, strategically. "

" I don't go to shows because I just want to listen to the music performed live. I want to get to know the person who's performing it. Or I want to, like, take away a sense that I had an experience that nobody else is going to have again, or a unique experience for that moment. "

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" Just, whenever you can, get up and sing at a gig or jam. If you have a chance, take it and keep on getting up. Keep going - but not If people boo, 'cause that's just mean. I think that could be setting yourself for disappointment. "

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" My dad and mom were in bands: the Soda Jerks, Fat Time, Girls at Play - which is a play on Men at Work. "

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" When I'm in a songwriting phase, it's a phase. I don't just suddenly feel inspired and then write a song, because I always write with a co-writer. "