Arlo Parks

Minneapolis has always been a mythical place for me because my mom is a massive Prince fan.

— Arlo Parks

It's important to have a moment where you just stop and look at where you came from.

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Honestly, I've been reading a lot of books on visual art. I've been reading a lot of books by Olivia Lang, I've…

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When things started to take off, I had more and more to do, and things were happening but I didn't quite have…

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It sounds cheesy to say it, but I think my motivation has always been to help others.

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Sometimes the world is just weird and you have to just roll with the punches.

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I was very in my own head as a kid. But I liked it there! I was just writing poetry, writing stories,…

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I guess I want to be a voice for the kid. I mean, it sounds quite contrived, but I want to make…

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When I was younger, there was that desire to be cool and to fit in and to look a certain way. And…

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When I was growing up, there weren't that many queer girls of colour making music. So I just wanted to be able…

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When I was seven, I sang 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' in assembly and the teachers were crying because it was so emotional!

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What I want to do with my music is to just encourage vulnerability, and to talk about things even if they're uncomfortable.…

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My dad was into jazz, so there was a lot of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington playing in the house, but also…

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When I started making my own music I was listening to people like Erykah Badu and Elliott Smith. I think I always…

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At the beginning I wasn't really rapping. I had poetry, so it was a spoken word vibe. Then I found beats that…

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I realised that being sensitive means you can connect to all kinds of people. I think I've learned that it is a…

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When you approach the world with such vulnerability and openness, people return that energy. It's draining, but it fills me with a…

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I had someone tell me recently that Black Dog had started this important conversation about mental health that had saved their marriage.…

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I write from a personal perspective, but sometimes seeing something in the street like that will spark something that reminds me of…

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I definitely think social media does cause this desire to be perfect. It can make kids feel like they've got quite a…

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I would say I'm an outlier. Nobody in my family does anything creative, though my dad loved jazz and my mum likes…

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I always found that really helpful; talking something through and vocalising what's wrong. I've found that internalising things just makes them come…

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Know that you can move past things that have happened to you and that healing takes time. Take the lessons you learned…

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I'm quite a dreamy person but I'm also very realistic about my possibilities, so if this was meant to remain a hobby…

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As I'm writing a song, I focus on the music and try not to let my mind wander too much, but if…

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