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" I've always been conscious not to take advantage of my sexual orientation because I don't think it's fair, and it shouldn't matter. "
Syd
Think
Always
Matter
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" I think I see a lot of artists struggling to make their first album perfect, and I've been there. "
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See
Think
Perfect
" I knew that if I just came out as a singer, people would just be criticizing my voice. "
Syd
People
Singer
Out
" 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. "
Syd
Connected
Bedroom
Two
" I know that Shia LaBeouf and Fiona Apple went to my alma mater, Hamilton High. "
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High
Apple
Hamilton
" I've realised that I actually like being by myself. "
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Realised
Myself
Being
" 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. "
Syd
You
Want
Know
" I have an uncle in Jamaica who's an OG producer/songwriter over there, Mikey Bennett. "
Syd
Jamaica
Bennett
Uncle
" I sing every day, on a regular basis. "
Syd
Sing
Day
Every
" 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. "
Syd
Know
Understanding
Think
" Everybody in Odd Future is their own artist - they have their own friends and their own ideas for things - so we all spent quite a lot of time separated. "
Syd
Time
Artist
Friends
" 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. "
Syd
Hope
Bad
Better
" I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans. "
Syd
Happen
Dope
Music
" I think the selfie age is kind of making fame annoying. "
Syd
Age
Think
Kind
" 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. "
Syd
Find
Courage
Say
" 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. "
Syd
Gay
Reason
Myself
" I want to be a great performer. "
Syd
Great
Performer
Want
" If you want to be a pioneer, you have to be intentional, at least a little bit. "
Syd
You
Want
Pioneer
" 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. "
Syd
Singing
Ideas
Best
" It kind of feels good to make something that you're proud of and it's also very real to you. "
Syd
You
Real
Something
" 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. "
Syd
Honest
Music
Me
" I was 16 when I recorded 'Flashlight.' I produced it, made the beat, wrote it, recorded it. "
Syd
Wrote
Beat
Made
" Older people generally appreciate live music. "
Syd
Appreciate
Music
Older
" My dad makes me breakfast every morning; he's very worried about my nutrition. "
Syd
Morning
He
Nutrition
" At some point, I started listening to music a little differently. Rather than being like, 'Yo, this is dope - who made this?' it started being like, 'I wish I made this.' "
Syd
Wish
Dope
I Wish
" Kaytranada's a really cool dude. "
Syd
Dude
Really
Cool
" I love being part of a creative process, so having a band to work with is perfect for me. "
Syd
Creative
Work
Process
" I learned everything I knew about recording and engineering from my experience with Odd Future, so I was pretty comfortable with not having much. "
Syd
Future
Engineering
Experience
" My parents have always been supportive of whatever I've wanted to do. "
Syd
Whatever
Parents
Supportive
" 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. "
Syd
Mom
Help
Brother
" I do want to inspire people - young girls who may like to wear boys' clothes and who romanticize women and feel nothing wrong with it. "
Syd
Women
People
Clothes