Banks Quotes
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I grew up in L.A. I actually grew up in the Valley, which was a pretty amazing place to grow up because everybody has nice, big backyards, and I was kind of a little nature being.
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My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.
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Every artist is an artist, and every heartbeat is a heartbeat.
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I'm very passionate, very emotional, very sensitive. I've always been like that.
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I don't think of anyone as a 'groupie.' People who connect with my music are just inspiring and amazing.
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I really believe that if you want something bad enough, and you work so hard to get it, and you have it inside, then if you just never stop, it's gonna happen.
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I never judge my own songwriting. It's just my heart. What's there to judge about your own heart?
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I love Lauryn Hill, Tracy Chapman, Fiona Apple. People like that. People you can really connect to on the most basic human level.
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I'm very moody, so I dress for whatever mood I'm in. Sometimes I want to be a little more boyish and flowy and comfortable. Sometimes I want to feel a little sexier and more composed.
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It's that beautiful thing to love your weaknesses, your insecurities, and then put them all on blast. That's why I started writing, and that's why it was so hard to do it in public.
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I know every line to 'The Little Rascals.'
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I got into writing music when I was, like, 14 or 15. It was a very private thing for me because I used it as an outlet and emotional release. I kept it very close to myself and didn't tell too many people about it.
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I love grey. My mom told me that when I was younger, I would get mildly depressed when it was grey all the time. I'd be darker when it was dark out. But as an adult, I really love it.
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I make really good pasta sauce. The secret to getting it right is just patience and love.
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I used to swallow people's energies, and then I learned, as I got older, that I'm too sensitive, and I had to stop doing that. Now I don't take as much in.
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When I'm in show mode, I can't even think about putting on makeup; I just have to be centered.
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Human emotion is more interesting than anything. Everything that is so overtly sexual is not real. Real emotion is sexy. It's vulnerable and raw.
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I'm from L.A., but everyone thinks that I'm British.
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People think I'm going to be this really dark human when they meet me.
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I'm not religious in any way but I am very spiritual. Music is holy to me. It's like my religion. It's sacred. It feels unearthly; it makes me feel a way that talking to somebody doesn't make me feel, it's something you can't even wrap your head around. It's not abstract, you can't even grasp it - that's what music is to me.