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I was raised to be some kind of artist.

Being an artist doesn't start because you're 21, and it doesn't end because you're 51. You are who you are until the day you die.

I grew up with artists.

I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age.

I went to art school, and I wanted to be an artist since I was 5. I basically moved to New York to do art, and I just sort of fell into doing music at an early age.

I think, even when I was little, there was signs that I was an artist. I've always been an artist. My first exploration through art was really through music - I've trained classically with piano for about ten years.

I always knew that I was an artist. I never expected to be able to make a living.

Ever since I was a kid, I might have been eleven or twelve. I'd be telling anyone who would listen that when I grew up, I wanted to be an artist.