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" It's no secret that I love women. I think everyone loves women. And I like having beautiful women around me. "
Syd
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" It kind of feels good to make something that you're proud of and it's also very real to you. "
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" I think I see myself differently than most people see me. "
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" I don't even start singing anything until the mic is on and recording, because my first ideas are usually my best ones. So I'll just press record; I'll freestyle a whole three minutes. "
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" I don't really watch too many movies, but I try to watch inspirational pieces about other musicians. Musical documentaries truly inspire me. "
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" My parents have always been supportive of whatever I've wanted to do. "
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" I'm sure that, on some level of the major-label and old-establishment industry, there are execs and agents who think homosexuality is a liability. "
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" 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. "
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" At the end of the day, I represent myself first and foremost, and I'm not going to ever purposely try and misrepresent myself. "
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" It was a nerve-wracking first few years having to tour and perform in front of people with the little bit of confidence I had. "
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" I want to be a great performer. "
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" If you want to be a pioneer, you have to be intentional, at least a little bit. "
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" Studying James Fauntleroy, I learned it's okay to write a bad song. Just write another one the next day and hope that it's better. "
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" I've always been comfortable with my gayness, but I was intimidated by the social anxiety. "
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" I know that Shia LaBeouf and Fiona Apple went to my alma mater, Hamilton High. "
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" I was really inspired, working with Odd Future. "
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" 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. "
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" I have an uncle in Jamaica who's an OG producer/songwriter over there, Mikey Bennett. "
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" I think the selfie age is kind of making fame annoying. "
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Kind
" I used to feel like I wasn't a good songwriter when I couldn't finish a song by myself. "
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Feel
Finish
" I'm kind of shy when it comes to women, so I don't really approach them. I'll just admire them from afar, and if they happen to say something to me, then maybe I'll find the courage to say something. "
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" I think that's what I learned a lot from Odd Future. I learned a lot of great things from them, but one of the mistakes that they made was that we didn't stay together, and we didn't communicate. We never had meetings. Everybody had issues with everybody else and wouldn't talk about it. "
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Mistakes
Great
" I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans. "
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Dope
Music
" I think the audience is getting it right, you know what I mean? And that's kind of rare when the artist feels like their audience understand them. But I feel like people are understanding exactly what I'm going for. And that's awesome. "
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" I want people to love me for my music. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I used to have long hair and get it done every two weeks, and it was never worth it to me. I would just walk out of the salon and put it in a ponytail anyway. "
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" Don't overthink it, and don't let technicalities stop you from creating. "
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" I was a loner; I spent the first half of high school alone. "
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" I love being part of a creative process, so having a band to work with is perfect for me. "
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