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The guys in high school were like, "You've got a nice voice; you should keep singing," but I never honestly thought that one day I'd be a singer. When you're young, you don't see the signs.
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If a psychiatrist would analyze [the lyrics], I'm sure they'd come up with something interesting. I really don't try to twist them. I don't want to slash things.
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I truly believe that if you think something's stupid, that might mean it's actually good.
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I think the Yamaha has a giant quality. When you combine the Yamaha with other organs, you get this crazy rectangular sound. It's kind of flat and thick.
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I like to hear what other people's interpretations are, because people come up with things I'd never thought about.
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People who create art would be fools to assume they know exactly what people are going to think of it.
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When something goes into the world, you immediately begin to develop another perspective on yourself, another identity.
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It's always a struggle to make things sound more or less brilliant.
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I think sometimes songwriting becomes diluted when you have lots of components to mask a lack of core.
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Sound is a very unruly thing, and you have to really respect that it's going to differ every time you play.
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I was in a Led Zeppelin cover band in high school, and my highlight was playing "Misty Mountain Hop" at a coffee house in Wayne, Pennsylvania. I wasn't allowed to play any instruments; I could only be the singer because I was a girl.
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There's something to be said for being classically trained on piano, but not having your whole makeup be tied to one instrument.
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I'm a Gemini, so I'm very dual. I love something and I hate it at the same time, so that probably comes out in the lyrics.
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In general, I think I'm a very private person. But I also love human beings.
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