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" You can turn something into art just because of the way you tell people to look at it. "

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" It's like my parents' musical tastes are the mother and father of my music. It's their fault for making me so emotional and in tune with my emotions! "

" I love performing. The more I do it, the more I grow into it. "

" I second guess everything I do musically, and I often could spend hours on, say, one snare sound. "

" I love that way dance music can put you in a trance. "

" My high school career counsellor said I shouldn't pursue music as a career. "

" Sometimes I have to deal with trolls, and I just block them. But most of the time, Twitter's heaps of fun, actually. "

" I like a lot of independent brands - Melbourne's Kloke, Handsom and Neuw Denim, and Bassike in Sydney. It's easier to be proud of what you're wearing if you've met the people behind the brand and there's more of a personal story. "

" My biggest enemy for the longest time was my head. When I first became successful, it made me anxious because I was overthinking everything, and you hear so many 'fail' stories. "

" I just love a slow groove. I feel so comfortable in it. But I listen to a lot of fast music, a lot of techno and house. "

" I think the most-played record in our house was the 'Big Chill' Soundtrack - so Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Otis Redding. I think that's where I got my love for a good hook, a good soul hook - really smooth and warm and from the heart. "

" I don't start my show at 200%. I like to go in slow, warm up the crowd, and bring them along with me. To hear everyone singing along is so great. "

" I think you can move to everything, but with some music, you just want to sit still. That's me, anyway. "

" All my ego wants is to be sitting by a lake in Italy. It doesn't want to be backstage, warming up. "

" On my Instagram, lots of people tag me in photos of just dudes with beards, and they're like, 'Oh my God, I met Chet Faker' and I'm like, 'That doesn't even look like me.' "

" I came second in a 1,500-metre running race at school. I knew I couldn't have come first, so second was my version of first. "

" All of my friends are really good dancers, which was initially why I never danced - we'd go out, and they would kill it, and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I'm just gonna sit at the bar.' "

" When I was 21 or 22, I realized I was never going to be something else - I had to be a musician. I can't commit to anything unless I love it. "

" I have an addictive personality. I was addicted to computer games... and then all that obsessive nature just piled into music. "

" I hate fame. There's this assumption that everyone wants it - that by being a musician, I've signed up for it at some point. But personally, what I signed up for is sharing my music. I've always said I'd rather have four No. 10 songs than one No. 1 hit. "

" I'd wear all APC if I could afford it and wasn't embarrassing to go head-to-toe in one brand. "

" I remember a concert for a visiting girls school, and that was the first time I ever sang - it was always about girls - that was the main thing. But somewhere along the line, it became a cathartic thing. "

" I always try to work hard and get things done as soon as possible, but never at the loss of quality of the product. "