As an artist, you can't expect a producer to just bring you a record. If you walk in and say, 'I want Kanye West's 'Power,' it just doesn't work that way.
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My dad just decided that he wanted to race sled dogs, and when he did that, he took us out of Wasilla, and we never really went back.
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Weird Al was something that kids would listen to. It's funny, super funny, smart. It's just kind of jokey. I remember hearing 'Smells Like Nirvana' before hearing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' That's how it really worked. I think it's just such a cool thing how he introduced us to so many cool bands. Even Queen - 'Another One Rides the Bus.'
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It's really hard to escape where you were brought up. Not that I would ever want to escape it.
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I've never been the type of person that puts things on a shelf or, like, needs to clean my sneakers every day. I just wear what I like.
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The reason I got into music was obviously because of bands like The Beatles and Pink Floyd, things like that.
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As a songwriter, it's good to have criticism, and I like objective opinions.
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When we were kids, my favorite thing was coming to upstate New York where my family is from and hanging out with my grandparents' friends pre-Internet and them asking if we had stores or 'Do you have TV in Alaska?'
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Great musicians need great producers. The Beatles had George Martin.
