Banks

Social media overwhelms me.

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Femininity can be a powerful thing.

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I found music because I felt different.

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I know every line to 'The Little Rascals.'

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I'm from L.A., but everyone thinks that I'm British.

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I found music when I was very dark. I felt unheard, with inner dialogues that I didn't know how to express.

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Being brave enough to just be unapologetic for who you are, that's a goddess.

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There are definitely a lot of creative people I want to work with. I wanna work with Drake!

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Music is the most private place in my life, but it's become the most public part of who I am.

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Me in my music and onstage - that's me without any fears of judgement; that's me when I'm shining.

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Is your father a soldier, because your a bomb and you just kill me.

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Is ur father a soldier coz your a bomb and you kill me girl.

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I feel more comfortable being confrontational and authoritative. It's important for women in this business.

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One of my favorite things is to try delicious different fruits from different places, in Japan or other places that have different…

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The song 'Stick'? That needed to be chunky and sexy. It's human. It's human to be the girl in 'Stick' and feel…

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A wounded healer, I think, is a lot more powerful than a healer that has not been wounded. In 'Weaker Girl,' I…

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When you broaden the little box that you've been living in for so long, it can be very uncomfortable at first.

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It's a powerful thing to be able to write a song. Even the least powerful feeling - like insecurity - that makes…

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I listened to pretty much anything that I could really feel, where I felt like the artist had to write those songs,…

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There's no separation between electronic music and acoustic music. It's all one thing. Each song has its own heartbeat. Each song has…

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Sometimes I see through things when people are talking. I'm really sensitive to other people, so I can tell if somebody's putting…

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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.…

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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part…

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'Before I Ever Met You' was the first one to come out and that just dives into the grit, and it's pretty…

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Making music is an emotional thing. And when you're on a video shoot with 50 people there, you have to somehow, in…

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I feel like my dream animal would be a mermaid that could fly and also live in the trees. She has a…

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My voice has always been kind of distinct - even when I was four years old, my mom told me that people…

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I think, probably when I was 15 or so, I was going through a really hard time with my family, and I…

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I have a memory of listening to Tracy Chapman and just being intrigued by her voice. Even as a young girl, I…

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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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My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.

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The most personal thing about me is my music. The most honest, pure thing in my whole life.

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Twitter and those platforms just didn't feel natural to me.

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If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.

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People think I'm going to be this really dark human when they meet me.

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It's a big thing in my music to highlight being human - being emotional and powerful, like a goddess.

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On tour, there's dry shampoo - I use the one by Bed Head.

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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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My identity started developing through the songs I was writing.

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Every artist is an artist, and every heartbeat is a heartbeat.

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