"It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been."
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"My mom always said, "Don't date a guy who thinks he's prettier than you.""
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"When I had nothing else, I had my mother and the piano. And you know what? They were all I needed."
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"I promised myself that I'd never actually admit to listening to 'New Kids on the Block.'"
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"I'm in constant pursuit of growing and evolving."
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"I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We're capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening."
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"I think you are who you are, and your kids will see who you are. So you'd better be a good person, because they are going to see it, and that's going to shape them. They are going to become you."
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"My mixed-race background made me a broad person, able to relate to different cultures. But any woman of colour, even a mixed colour, is seen as black in America. So that's how I regard myself."
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"Our mission goes beyond commerce, it goes beyond technology. Our intent is to preserve music's importance in our lives, music is the language of love, of laughter, of heartbreak, of mystery. It's the world's true, true, without question, universal language."
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"The most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside."
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"Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel."
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"My life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life."
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"At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn't even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive."
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"There are so many things where I realize, like, simple circumstance, like the simple choice that I made one night to not do that and to do this, one night could have changed everything."
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"I really appreciate Frank Ocean's lyrical style, I appreciate the way that he can kind of draw you into this personal space, but it's still lyrical. It's almost poetic, in a way, but it's very personal at the same time."
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"There is this fallacy about how women are catty, that we're all in competition with each other. I'd say: As opposed to getting swept up in jealousy, use that pang to give you an indication of what you are looking for."
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"Fear is not a part of my vocabulary, actually."
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"Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear."
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"I've always expressed myself best through writing. I've gotten out all of my deepest feelings that way for as long as I can remember."
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"Things can be really empty in this world, and I don't just mean the music world. It can become a very meaningless place if you don't really understand: Who am I? Why am I here? What am I doing? To feel fulfillment and have a deeper level of understanding, personally, that is the most important thing."
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