Some people make records that are defined by their sexuality, but mine really are not.
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None of the records I make are ever a deliberate construction - they're always an expression of who I am at the time and where I am in my life.
People are really set in their ways in how they produce records, and I was at least open enough to where I knew I wanted to do something totally different.
I spent years growing up being told what my sexuality was.
Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.
They told me I should be making my own records. So I figured, 'why not?
In terms of my work, I've never been reticent in terms of defining my sexuality. I write about my life.
Actually I was writing with people that didn't get records.
Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style.
People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right.
All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.
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