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Syd
American
Musician
Born:
Apr 23
,
1992
First
Me
Myself
People
Think
You
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Almost everything I've ever recorded, I recorded myself at the desk, in my house.
Syd
Myself
Everything
Recorded
Almost
Almost Everything
House
Ever
Desk
I feel like once you go with a band, it's hard to go back. I just don't see myself performing without a band.
Syd
Myself
You
Band
Back
Once
See
Feel
Performing
Like
Without
Go
Just
Hard
I think the audience is getting it right, you know what I mean? And that's kind of rare when the artist feels like their audience understand them. But I feel like people are understanding exactly what I'm going for. And that's awesome.
Syd
You
People
Rare
Understanding
Awesome
Think
Kind
Exactly
Exactly What
Feel
Feels
Like
Know
Understand
Audience
Artist
Getting
Going
Mean
Them
Right
I think everybody goes through times where they're vulnerable and then times where you're confident and cocky.
Syd
You
Think
Everybody
Through
Vulnerable
Times
Goes
Confident
Where
Then
Cocky
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.
Syd
Matter
Take Advantage
Think
Sexual
Take
Advantage
Fair
Because
Always
Been
Orientation
Conscious
At the end of the day, I represent myself first and foremost, and I'm not going to ever purposely try and misrepresent myself.
Syd
Myself
Day
End Of The Day
Try
First
Purposely
Foremost
End
Going
Represent
Ever
Everybody in Odd Future is their own artist - they have their own friends and their own ideas for things - so we all spent quite a lot of time separated.
Syd
Future
Time
Own
Everybody
Spent
Ideas
Odd
Lot
Friends
Artist
Quite
Quite A Lot
Separated
Things
My dad makes me breakfast every morning; he's very worried about my nutrition.
Syd
Morning
Me
Breakfast
Every
Worried
Nutrition
About
He
Makes
Very
Dad
My dad's a businessman, and I grew up looking up to him, how he dressed to go to work and, whenever I went to his office, how he spoke to people.
Syd
Work
People
Looking
Dressed
He
Spoke
Him
How
Go
His
Up
Office
Whenever
Grew
Businessman
Dad
I was 16 when I recorded 'Flashlight.' I produced it, made the beat, wrote it, recorded it.
Syd
Made
Recorded
Beat
Wrote
Produced
I know that Shia LaBeouf and Fiona Apple went to my alma mater, Hamilton High.
Syd
High
Know
Hamilton
Apple
I like that I'm an engineer - it sets me apart from a lot of other artists.
Syd
Me
Engineer
Sets
Other
Like
Lot
Artists
Apart
I've realised that I actually like being by myself.
Syd
Myself
Like
Being
Realised
Actually
I lived in a pretty big house, and we had a guesthouse, so when I was 14, I built a studio in my bedroom, which was pretty big. It was two rooms connected, so I turned the second into a studio and ran the mic in my closet.
Syd
Big
Ran
Pretty
Had
Studio
House
Built
Bedroom
Big House
Mic
Closet
Which
Rooms
Turned
Connected
Lived
Second
Two
I want to be a great performer.
Syd
Great
Performer
Want
I was really inspired, working with Odd Future.
Syd
Future
Inspired
Odd
Really
Working
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.
Syd
Best
Three
Recording
First
Singing
Press
Record
Minutes
Freestyle
Ideas
Until
Because
Mic
Just
Anything
Whole
Even
Start
I, for one, am, like, the most ordinary person. Like, people look past me all the time because I'm just so blending in.
Syd
Time
Me
People
Past
Blending
Like
Look
Most
Because
Am
Person
Just
Ordinary
Ordinary Person
I wish I could sing like Nelly.
Syd
Wish
Could
Like
Sing
I never think I work hard enough, as much things I have on my plate.
Syd
Work
Work Hard
Think
Enough
Never
Much
Hard
Plate
Things
I love being part of a creative process, so having a band to work with is perfect for me.
Syd
Work
Love
Me
Creative
Creative Process
Band
Having
Perfect
Part
Being
Process
I use Logic or Reason and a midi keyboard for beats. If it's gonna have all live instruments in it, I'll probably use Pro Tools and have the band lay stuff down.
Syd
Band
Down
Live
Keyboard
Tools
Logic
Lay
Beats
Stuff
Instruments
Pro
Gonna
Use
Reason
I grew up watching 'American Idol.'
Syd
Idol
Up
American
Grew
American Idol
Watching
I think that's what I learned a lot from Odd Future. I learned a lot of great things from them, but one of the mistakes that they made was that we didn't stay together, and we didn't communicate. We never had meetings. Everybody had issues with everybody else and wouldn't talk about it.
Syd
Future
Great
Together
Communicate
Great Things
Made
Mistakes
Think
Everybody
Everybody Else
Else
Meetings
Stay
About
Never
Had
Talk
Learned
Odd
Issues
Lot
Them
Things
I don't really watch too many movies, but I try to watch inspirational pieces about other musicians. Musical documentaries truly inspire me.
Syd
Inspirational
Me
Musicians
Inspire
Try
Too
Other
Musical
About
Pieces
Documentaries
Truly
Movies
Really
Many
Watch
As far as open conversations with random people, no I don't really enjoy them.
Syd
People
Random
Enjoy
Open
As Far As
Conversations
Them
Far
Really
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