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

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" I had hundreds of thousands of dollars of tax penalties. "

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" I really don't know anything about music. I don't really listen to it. I don't know anything about the history of music. "

" I don't need to sing in front of thousands, as I can sing in the shower. "

" The melody will tell me what the song should be about, the tone of the song. That's when the intellect comes in. Because I have a list of possible titles and concepts, and I expand on that. "

" I like the Carpenters and Elvis. "

" I'm trying to have some control over my image. "

" 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. "

" I'm just trying to work out a way to be a singer and to create cool content. I'm willing to do that as an entertainer. But I'm not willing to give up my actual self. "

" I was really bored of making downtempo albums. "

" The truth is that you shouldn't match your insides to other people's outsides. Life is an inside job, and we just have to do our best. "

" The weirder the better for me. "

" Fame is the worst thing that can happen to a person. I choose not to appear in anything publicly. Twitter's it! "

" I really feel like I've nailed songwriting. It's my specialty; it's what I'm good at. "

" I have big dreams. I want to keep songwriting. Direct films. Be a parent. "

" I think that the stuff I write for pop music is terribly, terribly cheesy. "

" I just wanted to have a private life. "

" 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.' "

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" I have never made money selling records. I have never really made money touring, either, or with merchandise, surprisingly. But I do make money by just having my songs in the background of television shows or in commercials or movie trailers. That's been really good. "