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" Sometimes I'm really mean to someone who just hugged me. I never thought that I would be like that. "

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" I feel like I can't write something that has a real emotion in it if I can't connect to that emotion. "

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" I think part of the process of putting out a record is always looking back because, by the time a song comes out, it's been a year since you wrote it. "

" My Bandcamp had a lot of bad and good music, but I relied on that to sort my feelings. My sadness will always be there, even in the happiness. "

" Performing is something that has really grown on me and become an important part of my life, which I didn't used to feel. I didn't used to want to really perform live a lot. It's been an interesting adjustment. "

" I was seeing kids my age playing shows at their parents' houses or the couple of all-ages venues that existed. I feel like I saw so many different kinds of music that I wouldn't have discovered on my own. "

" It was a really long process, dropping out of college. I was there for a semester, then I would take a semester off and go on tour, then I would go back for a semester. "

" When I was 16, I really decided that music was something I wanted to do. "

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" I'm not just going to hug every person that asks to hug me. "

" If I could have a record that represents every stage of my life, I'd be putting out one a month. Everything is always changing, and so is the way that I feel about stuff. "

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" I go through phases sometimes: 'I'm a genius; they get me,' and sometimes I'm like, 'Why does anyone want to hear me?' "

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