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I don't need more money. I don't need that to be happy.

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I feel like music is sort of therapy for myself.

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There's no such thing as a bad Miyazaki film.

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I love hip-hop, and I like the beats the most.

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I loved playing the saxophone.

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It is totally cool to be gay.

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It's all about the music. Everything else is just extra.

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Fear comes from personal self-acceptance and not the self.

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I also think something that makes the whole live performance fun for me is that I love my music.

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We just love Denver. The love and support from people here is amazing.

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I'm obsessed with the sound of today, but I was raised on the Motown sound.

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My brother has been, and will always be, my closest friend.

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When I was a kid, I was a really bad collaborator. I was pretty introverted.

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I have always been very interested in thinking deeply about things. I do this a lot.

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I love looking out at a sea of people. It's mind-blowing. But I also like playing clubs.

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The environment of San Francisco has so much history to it that I really appreciate. Musically, socially, and culturally. There's this new…

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Always focus on the music first. That's the big thing. Staying true to making good music and not sacrificing that for anything.

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Computers are really patient. They can sit there all day. It's a totally different situation dealing with humans. They can be tired…

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My roots in electronic music go from weird glitch music to now what's seen as pop music. Electronic music is pop music…

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'Say It Loud' came from many, many small battles. From, 'I hate myself, and I hate this,' to, 'I love this, and…

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I was a huge fan of '90s hip-hop, and a lot of what they got their music from was funk and soul…

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There was so much pressure to fit in, I tried to force myself to be like everyone else. The last thing any…

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There are always safe spaces. You can be a beacon for other people who are struggling. It's hard to put your heart…

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When you first start photographing a show or being into photography, you might think it's cool to see people with their phones,…

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I wanna take a step forward, and I also wanna make sure that step forward is the step that I want and…

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For 'The Anthem,' a lot of my fans were like 'Oh, man, he's getting lazy making just, like, a pop format tune…

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No matter what happens with EDM, I would like to go to New Orleans and just play with one of those small…

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I never really had the chance to play the kind of music I wanted to play. It was always just classical. It…

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The most important thing, to me is the intention of where things come from, like, why did you use it? What were…

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I haven't written my favorite song yet, and I hope I never do.

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Being in the high-school band was some of the funnest years of my life.

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I think we're finally in a culture now where being gay is normalized.

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If you make music with business in your head, it'll show. I make it from the heart. There's a difference.

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Piano was my first instrument, but it wasn't the instrument that I showed the most proficiency on.

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My one experience with Lollapalooza was in 2009 - it was actually the first music festival I've ever been to.

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There is so much energy when you work with other people. I'm working with friends and having a blast.

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My vision is a blend of the old school and the new school, but with zero rules.

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I love what I do, and I do it 24/7, and it hurts my relationships very often, but it's worth it.

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Zelda is the best solo game; Mario Cart is the best group game.

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Most of the people that work for me are my friends, and I'd like to keep it that way.

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