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" It's weird: I don't really know where I pull my inspiration from. I think it's N.E.R.D. "

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" My mom wasn't expecting me to end up how I ended up. When she wanted to have kids, she wanted to have two girls, and then she got my brother and me. Which is a disappointment to anybody. You can't help it. "

" If you ranked Odd Future, I was at the very bottom. "

" My parents have always been supportive of whatever I've wanted to do. "

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" If I have a session with an artist who I've never worked with before, they don't have to meet my parents, you know? Unless they want to. "

" I learned everything I knew about recording and engineering from my experience with Odd Future, so I was pretty comfortable with not having much. "

" The gay community hated me for being part of Odd Future. They thought Odd Future was homophobic because they tend to use homophobic slang, and they were like: 'How can you work for and support homophobes?' But they aren't homophobic; they just don't really care whether you're offended or not. "

" Fashion has always been influenced by hip-hop. "

" I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans. "

" 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. "

" Almost everything I've ever recorded, I recorded myself at the desk, in my house. "

" For me, I'm just trying to keep it fun, keep it interesting, not get stuck on the same sound, the same wave for too long. "

" Older people generally appreciate live music. "

" I've gotten used to not having all the responsibility on my shoulders. "

" I use Logic or Reason and a midi keyboard for beats. If it's gonna have all live instruments in it, I'll probably use Pro Tools and have the band lay stuff down. "

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" It took me a very long time to be comfortable in my own skin. "

" Finding someone that trusted my vision helped me find certainty in who I was. "

" My dad's a businessman, and I grew up looking up to him, how he dressed to go to work and, whenever I went to his office, how he spoke to people. "

" If you want to be a pioneer, you have to be intentional, at least a little bit. "

" I sing every day, on a regular basis. "

" I want people to love me for my music. "

" As far as open conversations with random people, no I don't really enjoy them. "

" Some people just need something to be mad about. "