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I write at the piano, so I write things that fit comfortably under my hands, and I'm not thinking in terms of any specific compositional methods. I'm just seeking sounds.
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I don't watch TV, I don't spend time on the Internet, and I don't party much. I don't text very much, either.
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When I was a kid, people called me Emily rather than Esperanza, even though my full name is Esperanza Emily Spalding.
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I never think my music isn't easy until I got to teach it to other people.
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I put my mother through a lot when I was a teenager. I used to lie a lot. Now, we talk all the time.
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Genre boundaries are good for marketing but they all but disappear when you're a player.
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I love Aretha Franklin, Edith Piaf, Blondie.
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I like to read, and I like dance. I don't dance, but I like to see other people dance.
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There's nothing wrong with struggle. Anytime I look back at a difficult phase of my life and see what grew out of it - the creative survival tactics - I think that the good is way better than the bad.
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I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that youll be hard-pressed to have an experience with the music without a preconceived notion.