Syd

I get kinda nervous before every show.

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I was a loner; I spent the first half of high school alone.

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I never think I work hard enough, as much things I have on my plate.

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I was 16 when I recorded 'Flashlight.' I produced it, made the beat, wrote it, recorded it.

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I used to feel like I wasn't a good songwriter when I couldn't finish a song by myself.

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My parents have always been supportive of whatever I've wanted to do.

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I've always been comfortable with my gayness, but I was intimidated by the social anxiety.

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It took me a very long time to be comfortable in my own skin.

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I love being part of a creative process, so having a band to work with is perfect for me.

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I sing, but I'm not a singer. I'm just a producer who sings on her own songs because I can't find anybody…

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When I started making music, I just wanted to be the producer who sang the hooks. I wanted to be Pharrell, honestly,…

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Studying James Fauntleroy, I learned it's okay to write a bad song. Just write another one the next day and hope that…

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I'm just a really shy person. I don't gravitate towards attention, so for someone like me to have as much attention as…

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I'm sure that, on some level of the major-label and old-establishment industry, there are execs and agents who think homosexuality is a…

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I do want to inspire people - young girls who may like to wear boys' clothes and who romanticize women and feel…

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I feel like I'm real honest in my music. Even if it ends up being an exaggeration or a fantasy, it's a…

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I've always been conscious not to take advantage of my sexual orientation because I don't think it's fair, and it shouldn't matter.

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I've gotten used to not having all the responsibility on my shoulders.

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I have stopped going out places just to avoid uncomfortable conversations.

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I think I see myself differently than most people see me.

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I remember my first albums: Brandy's first album and Usher's 'My Way.'

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I knew that if I just came out as a singer, people would just be criticizing my voice.

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I've always known I was a genius. But I never thought I was a star.

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Feeling invisible definitely makes you want to become visible sometimes.

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Don't overthink it, and don't let technicalities stop you from creating.

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I know that Shia LaBeouf and Fiona Apple went to my alma mater, Hamilton High.

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I have an uncle in Jamaica who's an OG producer/songwriter over there, Mikey Bennett.

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If you think I'm a young boy singing these songs, dope. Run with that.

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Almost everything I've ever recorded, I recorded myself at the desk, in my house.

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I think I see a lot of artists struggling to make their first album perfect, and I've been there.

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I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing.

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I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans.

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I like that I'm an engineer - it sets me apart from a lot of other artists.

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I think the selfie age is kind of making fame annoying.

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My conscience is really active. So I feel bad about spending excess amount of money on things.

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I think too many people are offended by stuff that doesn't matter.

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I started taking vocal lessons steadily. I started taking it seriously.

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If everything happens for a reason, what's the reason?

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I think everybody goes through times where they're vulnerable and then times where you're confident and cocky.

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My dad's a businessman, and I grew up looking up to him, how he dressed to go to work and, whenever I…

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