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" I was really inspired, working with Odd Future. "

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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. "

" I want to be a great performer. "

" Everybody in Odd Future is their own artist - they have their own friends and their own ideas for things - so we all spent quite a lot of time separated. "

" I feel like I'm real honest in my music. Even if it ends up being an exaggeration or a fantasy, it's a fantasy that's real to me. "

" When I started making music, I just wanted to be the producer who sang the hooks. I wanted to be Pharrell, honestly, the one who made the beats and was in the music video with the girls. "

" I do want to inspire people - young girls who may like to wear boys' clothes and who romanticize women and feel nothing wrong with it. "

" My parents have always been supportive of whatever I've wanted to do. "

" I've written songs about women since I've been involved with women, but I do know a few gay female artists who, back in the day, would write songs about men. "

" 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. "

" I hate the word 'lesbian.' "

" I grew up watching 'American Idol.' "

" Performing live was something that I had to really work at. "

" I started taking vocal lessons steadily. I started taking it seriously. "

" I learned everything I knew about recording and engineering from my experience with Odd Future, so I was pretty comfortable with not having much. "

" I have an uncle in Jamaica who's an OG producer/songwriter over there, Mikey Bennett. "

" I knew that if I just came out as a singer, people would just be criticizing my voice. "

" 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. "

" Guitar Center hooks me up on a lot of stuff. "

" I don't watch TV. "

" Some people just need something to be mad about. "

" I'm never a flashy type of person. "

" I want people to love me for my music. "

" 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. "

" Don't overthink it, and don't let technicalities stop you from creating. "

" I was 16 when I recorded 'Flashlight.' I produced it, made the beat, wrote it, recorded it. "

" My conscience is really active. So I feel bad about spending excess amount of money on things. "

" I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing. "

" I wish I could sing like Nelly. "

" 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. "

" 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. "