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" I'm fine around other people's feelings. It doesn't make me nervous or anxious. "

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" I'm not selling a dream; I'm not selling fame like it is some sort of fantastic thing. "

" I think I managed to trick people a little bit into thinking I'm more arty by making creative, artistic, visual work and applying it to commercial music. Maybe. I don't know. "

" I'm just completely obsessed with Die Antwoord. "

" I'm allowed to maintain some modicum of privacy. But also, I would like not to be picked apart or for people to observe when I put on 10 pounds or take off 10 pounds, or I have a hair extension out of place, or my fake tan is botched. "

" People call me for the ballads. Apparently that's where I've been pigeonholed. But it's really interesting and really fun. It's my favourite part of the job, writing. "

" The 'victim to victory' theory is that, if you listen to the radio, a large percentage of the hits are... about victim to victory, like, 'I'm having a terrible time.' And then the pre-chorus is, 'I don't know what's gonna happen next.' And the chorus is, 'Now I'm brilliant, and everything is great, because something happened to make it great.' "

" I love hip hop, and I have a bunch of urban songs I write for fun that I can't put on my albums because people would laugh and point. "

" I can't be bothered to learn Final Draft. I'm not a technical person. Like, when I sing, I just want to sing the melody and write the lyrics. "

" When you're in a different place every day, there's this kind of madness that sets in. "

" 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. "

" I have so much to thank reality TV for. "

" That's the thing about awards - it's for the people who do all the hard work behind the scenes. An award is just a clap at them. "

" I like the Carpenters and Elvis. "

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

" The accolades don't nourish me - being with loved ones and my dogs does. "

" I love to dance. I have always been the first on the dance floor, but I'm not teachable. I couldn't learn 'five, six, seven, eight' if my life depended on it. "

" I can clear my mind, and lyrics just come out; it's very easy for me. "

" I don't know anything about the history of music. "

" I'm impressionable, that's for sure. "

" This is a sick business. It's so sad. "

" About 50 percent of the songs on the radio are like, 'Live like tomorrow doesn't exist. Like it's my birthday. Like it's the last day of my life'... Such a large percentage of pop music is really about party time. "

" I started dating JD Samson from Le Tigre, and suddenly I was listening to more up-tempo music and old dance music, like ESG and Gang of Four, and I thought, 'Wow. This is fun.' "

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" Married life is awesome. "

" I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars. "

" 'Chandelier' took, like, four minutes to write the chords, then, like, 12-15 minutes to write the lyrics. Probably 10 or 15 minutes to cut the vocals. "

" When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was a famous 'something artistic,' that they would love me more. "

" The weirder the better for me. "