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" People are so afraid to talk about real things, but they're experiences that everyone goes through. "

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" I end up pleading my case to alternative programmers - you're telling me that my music is too dark for pop, too pop for alternative, and urban radio won't touch it - so we have a record that doesn't fit in. And what is more alternative than that? "

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