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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes you want to dress a certain way... that doesn't always reflect your pedigree.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up listening to Jay-Z, and I think the first time I really became obsessed with learning and thinking about lyrics was when I started listening to rap; I was 11, 12, and started becoming aware of music beyond the familiar.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do think sometimes there's danger in guest appearance mania. I've seen too many examples that sound cool on paper, like 'Oh, get that guy to sing the hook on that guy's song,' and then that's all it is. It's a cool idea that sounds good on paper.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm pretty sure that the Walkmen are the band that I've paid to see the most in my life.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's so easy for anyone to deal with their own guilt of being a middle-class white music fan by pointing to other people who they perceive to be richer than them, whiter than them.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.
- Bike
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Europe, I always have fun bike riding in Amsterdam.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like to generalize but I've had nothing but bad experiences with Mexican food in Europe.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go to great pains to find the best yogurt and granola.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's cool to have instruments lying around because they give you different ideas.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use.
- Meditation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Playing 'Tetris' for 15 minutes is like meditation.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyways, trying to express yourself to the press is often like arguing with a hysterical person.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up listening to rap music, you almost feel like you should have haters. That's an important part of being a successful musician. It's a good thing, I guess.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
Making every record is a process full of tough times.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to Columbia University because I knew I wanted to go to a school that was academically rigorous. I prided myself on getting good grades, but I also hated it.
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still think that if you're excited about something, you have to work at it.
- Luxury
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it.
- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Obama came to power, there was a lot of talk about a post-racial America.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
All I know for sure is that issues like race, like class, are always best approached with compassion and open-mindedness.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's pretty cool that people will pay for something even though they don't have to. It's totally different now to back in the day. Now you're paying for a record because you believe in the band. In the future that will be the only time people will pay for albums, because there's some kind of connection.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember the first pangs of stress arriving at the end of school. Once I graduated I had to get a full-time job, worry about health insurance, saving money, paying rent - things I'd never thought about before.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can be 24 and continue to live like you're at college, or even continue to live like you're in high school. Or you can put on a shirt and tie and pretend to be an adult.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020