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" If I had to pick an artist that I look up to and am inspired by, it's Matisse because of how many times he would paint the same idea until he felt like he maybe got it right, and I try to do the same thing with my writing. "

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" I've played Frankie Cosmos shows where the promoter or whoever sees that I'm the lead singer, and then they go up to David, the bassist, and are like, 'So, do we pay you?' And he's like, 'No, you pay her; she's the boss.' Those are moments where I'm just like, 'I'm clearly in charge.' "

Frankie Cosmos

Boss

You

Singer

" I'm always the one sitting at the merch table and talking to everyone at the show - and I think it's because I have this deep fear that if I'm not approachable or I'm not there, people are going to think I'm a brat. "

" I meet a lot of people after shows, and I have to say it's pretty intense. "

" Sometimes I'm really mean to someone who just hugged me. I never thought that I would be like that. "

Frankie Cosmos

Thought

Sometimes

" I feel like touring is a man's game. And I don't think that's sexist; I just think, on tour, you can't really take care of yourself the way you want to. "

" My Bandcamp had a lot of bad and good music, but I relied on that to sort my feelings. My sadness will always be there, even in the happiness. "

" When I was 16, I really decided that music was something I wanted to do. "

" One of the cool things about traveling and being a musician is that you meet so many people who have studied different things and have different careers. "

" I knew that 'Next Thing' was an angry album while I was making it. But I thought that it was angry the way that you get in a fight, not angry as a huge life change. "

" I think I'd like my hair to be perfect. "

" What I really care about is writing... Some people feel about touring the way I feel about writing, which is, 'Whoa, I can't believe I get to do this as a job.' "

" It was a really long process, dropping out of college. I was there for a semester, then I would take a semester off and go on tour, then I would go back for a semester. "

Frankie Cosmos

Off

Long

" I really liked punk music and experimental music that my brother was taking me to go see in the city, when I was probably, like, 13 years old. I was seeing a lot of teenagers making 'weird' music, and I think that was probably a big part of the reason that I actually started to play myself. "

Frankie Cosmos

City

Music

" Around seventh grade, I got a guitar and forgot everything else. "

" I love going to weddings. I love movie scenes of weddings. Even, like, TV-show weddings - I cry at every wedding. "

Frankie Cosmos

Even

Love

" My parents have both done some music stuff. My family was very artist-friendly, so that was encouraging. "

" I definitely think that touring is a really crazy lifestyle and makes it hard to live a normal life and have relationships and friendships. "

" I go through phases sometimes: 'I'm a genius; they get me,' and sometimes I'm like, 'Why does anyone want to hear me?' "

Frankie Cosmos

Want

Genius

" I've definitely gotten to the point where we get to the venue, and people know that I'm in charge of the band. "

" There've been times on tour when people have said to us, 'Yeah, your band is really simple.' But it's really not. "

Frankie Cosmos

People

Simple

" Sometimes I'll write something that's purely autobiographical, and sometimes pure fiction, and sometimes a mix. "

" When I was 18, I borrowed my parents' car, and they are super supportive. They might give us snacks for the road, but it's not like they are paying clubs to book us. "

" I realized I was trained my whole life to be an accommodating person, to make sure that everybody is comfortable before I'm comfortable. After giving so much of myself to strangers, I learned to care for myself a little more, especially on tour. "

" I think part of the process of putting out a record is always looking back because, by the time a song comes out, it's been a year since you wrote it. "

" It's funny: 'Next Thing' was written in a time of my life when I was actually really naive and thought that I was wise. "

" You meet a lot of people in New York who are different than you and have different stories, so I see everyone as super individual. I feel like I can be infinitely inspired because New York is huge. "

" I don't really understand how to do bureaucratic things - school-system things. "

" I never was interested in acting, and I never became good at it. "

" Once you're in a position where you can choose to not be around toxic environments, just do that as much as you can. "

" I can be very social, but often, it weighs down on me later that the social thing was a put-on. I feel like my way of dealing with not wanting to go out is, I just don't. I can't bring myself to. "