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" There's a lot of spaces that care about what kids are buying. There are a lot of spaces that care about what kids are watching. But there aren't a lot of spaces that care about what kids are saying. "

Daveed Diggs

Care

Saying

Kids

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" I have all of Kendrick Lamar on vinyl. "

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" Clipping is a very specific, concept-y thing. We have all these rules: we don't sample drums. We create all our own sounds. I don't speak in the first person. We come from a background of experimental music like John Cage... Philip Glass. "

" I feel like, anytime I'm onstage, I tend to feel very connected with people in the audience or with the sort of heartbeat or tempo of the audience. "

" I've always been very supported. I've never really been sad. I've just been broke. They are very different things. "

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" My parents are not together, but they were both always around. "

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Aspire

" We're very used to seeing a huge diversity of white people. You never just expect two white people on TV to feel the same way. "