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" Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it. "

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" I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions. "

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" Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don't put much thought into. "

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" I've stopped wanting a home, I think, because I've been on tour all my life, basically. "

" I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance. Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything. All the time. I feel like I'm not taken seriously. "

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" I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks. "

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" Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I've watched them since I was very young, and I've been greatly shaped by them. "

" I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn't identify as that before I came here. People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way. "

" I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, 'I love this place.' "

" I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in 'Teardrops On My Guitar,' and she was like, 'Isn't this song great?' And everyone was like, 'Who's Taylor Swift?' And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment. "

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" A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn't like that for me. I didn't think of it as a job or a career - it was just something that was constant. "

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