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" You need to be able to communicate your feelings. We need to be able to do that to feel empowered. "

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" Zelda is the best solo game; Mario Cart is the best group game. "

" My whole thing, to keep myself interested - and, you know, I'm a huge hip-hop head - I have tons and tons of a cappellas. So I do these live remix mash-ups with my tracks and just throw them in there. "

" My roots in electronic music go from weird glitch music to now what's seen as pop music. Electronic music is pop music now. "

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" When you first start photographing a show or being into photography, you might think it's cool to see people with their phones, like, 'It's so novel; everyone cares about this moment so much,' but then it becomes... trite, y'know, and shallow. I think the best moments of my life have been spent without phones. "

" There is so much energy when you work with other people. I'm working with friends and having a blast. "

" My brother has been, and will always be, my closest friend. "

" The most important thing, to me is the intention of where things come from, like, why did you use it? What were the intentions of what you did? And if the intention is good, the intention is pure, then everything will turn out good. "

" My one experience with Lollapalooza was in 2009 - it was actually the first music festival I've ever been to. "

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" For 'The Anthem,' a lot of my fans were like 'Oh, man, he's getting lazy making just, like, a pop format tune that everyone's doing these days.' But on this album, I wanted to write songs with vocals that would get stuck in my head, not just movements of instrumentals. "

" Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on. "

" Stay in school and band, kids! It had its nerdy moments, and I always felt like I wanted to do something more with it. "

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