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Attention Quote by Syd

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

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

Finding someone that trusted my vision helped me find certainty in who I was.

I sing every day, on a regular basis.

I think my first client other than my brother was this kid named Tallent. I was charging him eight dollars an hour to record in my room. He kept coming back, then I went up to ten dollars an hour.

Guitar Center hooks me up on a lot of stuff.

I used to get the most anxiety before shows because I really was never prepared.

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

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

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I'm not ashamed in the least bit of being gay or being a lesbian. I just prefer to call myself gay for some reason.

Performing live was something that I had to really work at.

It's no secret that I love women. I think everyone loves women. And I like having beautiful women around me.

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

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