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" It's hard for me to get shows in the U.S. It's that simple. I don't know what that means. I think it means there's not as much support here for my music? "

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" One thing I do like about L.A. is the fact that you can be - whether you're famous or it's just a matter of, like, seeing people you know all the time on the street, you can be pretty anonymous and walk around and, like, not run into people, because it's such a big city and because a lot of people drive. "

" Putting my audience to sleep isn't what I'm going for. "

" David Bowie - I definitely knew some of his music as a teenager, but I didn't actually listen to his music as much until I was in my 20s. "

" I see myself as a songwriter and a poet. "

" I try to ignore people's opinions about my music - you don't want to hold yourself back because of that stuff. "

" The classic problem in a relationship is a person trying to control the other person. People just want to conquer somebody. "

" It's so hard to know where you belong, ever. You have to be yourself and let yourself fall wherever you fall. "

" I don't thrive in a school or academic environment, I found out. I thrive better in the world outside the small academy because I find it hard to explain what I'm doing. "

" No one recognises me on the street, ever. "

" I think what's interesting in L.A. is that there's a lot of variety because L.A. is very spread out. I think there is a lot I don't know about, to be completely honest. It's a very mysterious town. "

" I don't fit into a group very well socially. And that might be reflected in my music. "

" If you've ever seen paparazzi go after a celebrity, it's really freaky. "

" In high school, I would secretly play Joni Mitchell songs all the time. That's when I started singing and playing at the same time, and I got really into doing that. "

" Saying that something is accessible gives it this implication that people need something, and thinking that we know what people need or want is really unpleasant. I don't like to think that way, like, predicting what it is that the people want. "

" I started playing piano when I was eight, and I went on to study piano in school, so I have a background in classical piano and studied composition in school. Writing music came later. "

" There's definitely been a focus on the literary aspects of my music, and I always get a little cringey because I don't feel like I'm particularly literary. There's a sort of academic label that's put on me that seems inaccurate. "

" I just always make honest music. I just always kinda do what I wanna do. "

" I basically just write stream of consciousness to a certain extent. I let the song kind of go where it wants to go. "

" Amidst all the internal and external babble we experience daily, it's hard to find one's foundation. "

" I think my music is experimental, playful, challenging, focused, fun. I don't want it to be thought of as trying to appeal to a certain type of person or being very cerebral. "

" I don't consider myself supremely talented, but I really like to try things and sift through it and see what mess I made. "

" In L.A., you can play forever, and no one around the world will hear you. "

" When you make music on your own for so long, you get used to just doing whatever you want. "

" I'm inspired by nonmusical things a lot, whether it's a film or a book or whatever. "

" I say most of my music is very trial-and-error. "

" I think of each record as different and not having very much in common with what went before or what comes next. "

" You can have an Internet presence, but it doesn't mean anyone has any idea who you are or what you look like. Which is great. "

" I don't think all music that is considered 'avant-garde' is bad, but it's definitely elitist. I hope my music is not that. "

" I did study with Anne Carson briefly in Michigan. She taught there, and that's where I first encountered her, in her class. "

" I don't like to talk too much about my music; I like people to just experience it and not worry what I have to say. "