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" The first music-learning thing that I took seriously was piano lessons when I was a kid. I guess that was probably the only time that I was forced to perform music, because I had piano recitals, and my school also had mandatory music classes that had some performing required. "

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" I don't even know how people managed without the Internet years ago. Having to mail a cassette tape of your music to strangers over the course of months... I just can't imagine having to do that. "

Frankie Cosmos

People

Internet

Know

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

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

" I feel like touring is a man's game. And I don't think that's sexist; I just think, on tour, you can't really take care of yourself the way you want to. "

" 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. "

" I think I'd like my hair to be perfect. "

" I realized I was trained my whole life to be an accommodating person, to make sure that everybody is comfortable before I'm comfortable. After giving so much of myself to strangers, I learned to care for myself a little more, especially on tour. "

" I meet a lot of people after shows, and I have to say it's pretty intense. "

" 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. "

" I love going to weddings. I love movie scenes of weddings. Even, like, TV-show weddings - I cry at every wedding. "

Frankie Cosmos

Even

Love

" I don't actually have problems dealing with corporate situations. There are times I've railed against it, but there are other times when I'm like, 'I'll take your money, no problem.' "

Frankie Cosmos

Problem

Against

" Sometimes I'll write something that's purely autobiographical, and sometimes pure fiction, and sometimes a mix. "

" Once you're in a position where you can choose to not be around toxic environments, just do that as much as you can. "

" What I really care about is writing... Some people feel about touring the way I feel about writing, which is, 'Whoa, I can't believe I get to do this as a job.' "

" There've been times on tour when people have said to us, 'Yeah, your band is really simple.' But it's really not. "

Frankie Cosmos

People

Simple

" My parents listened to a lot of James Taylor and Hall and Oates. My mom and I used to listen to Liz Phair and Indigo Girls a lot in the car, too. "

" I played my first show when I was 17, and that was a big moment. I realized it was something I could keep doing. "

" I think that I'm definitely going to keep writing music forever. I can't stop even if I tried. "

" I kind of like the idea of creating my own literature within my albums. I definitely thought about that when I started writing songs. "

" I think I'm always changing as a writer and trying new things. "

" My brother was 13 when people started telling me that he was a 'hipster.' I was 11 and thought it was so stressful, like, 'How do you not be called that?' "

Frankie Cosmos

You

Thought

" The only reason to do this job is because I love playing my music. And I love my bandmates. "

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

Frankie Cosmos

Want

Genius

" I never was interested in acting, and I never became good at it. "

" You meet a lot of people in New York who are different than you and have different stories, so I see everyone as super individual. I feel like I can be infinitely inspired because New York is huge. "

" It's funny: 'Next Thing' was written in a time of my life when I was actually really naive and thought that I was wise. "

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

Frankie Cosmos

Thought

Sometimes

" Around seventh grade, I got a guitar and forgot everything else. "

" Those emotions that are really strong, the ones that inspire a song, you can hold onto that. You can let it marinate for years and keep writing about it even better than you did then. "

" It's good for people to be able to see an archive of an artist learning how to write and getting better, especially for teenagers who are starting to write: to see that I started out making pretty easy and weird and bad-sounding music and that you can teach yourself how to write over a long period of time. "