Syd

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

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

“Kaytranada's a really cool dude.”

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

“Guitar Center hooks me up on a lot of stuff.”

“As far as open conversations with random people, no I don't really enjoy them.”

“I hate the word 'lesbian.'”

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

“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.”

“Most of my friends are straight dudes. I talk to them about girls. I don't talk to girls about girls; I don't talk to gay girls about girls.”

“I don't even start singing anything until the mic is on and recording, because my first ideas are usually my best ones. So I'll just press record; I'll freestyle a whole three minutes.”

“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 liability.”

“I've written songs about women since I've been involved with women, but I do know a few gay female artists who, back in the day, would write songs about men.”

“I want people to love me for my music.”

“For Odd Future, I only made beats for Mike G. With the Internet, I'm part of a production team making tracks for me to sing over.”

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

“It was a nerve-wracking first few years having to tour and perform in front of people with the little bit of confidence I had.”

“I go through stages with all kinds of stuff. There'll be a couple of months where I'm reading, you know, like, fiction mystery novels, and there'll be a couple more where I'll be redecorating a room in my house.”

“At the end of the day, I represent myself first and foremost, and I'm not going to ever purposely try and misrepresent myself.”

“It kind of feels good to make something that you're proud of and it's also very real to you.”