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" Talent is very hot. "

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" I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher. "

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" It'd be crazy to say just because an artist is not successful that means he's not talented. I don't think anybody really believes that, but sometimes it feels that way. "

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