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I didn't really like jazz that much and was unhappy in that genre. It was what I was doing just to get by and pay rent.

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Yukimi Nagano
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 31
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Songwriter
Göteborg
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Rent
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Unhappy
Jazz
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As an artist, let the creativity be the priority as often as you can, even though we all understand that there are bills to pay. My favorite artists are those who have always kept a strong creative image and their vision for their art at the forefront.
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I never listen to any of my music after it comes out, unless I hear it in a cafe or whatever. I'll think, I forgot how it was so slow or how minimal it felt compared to how it's become live, because you start having a relationship to the songs live. After an album is finished, I really let go.
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I find it a little stressful when you're in a really nice studio and you feel time ticking and the bill getting higher.
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I think most people get hit by the music first and you can be singing along and realize a song has this melancholy feel. As Swedes, I think we see a beauty in melancholy. You're heartbroken, you're looking out the window and you feel really at ease in the pain. I have so many memories as a teenager with music, sad music, but I was just so into it.
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I was really into R&B and stuff like that, so I really wanted to sing like Faith Evans or Mariah Carey. But I definitely don't have the skills to sing like that.
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I am a creative person and it's important for me to get that out there, kind of like eating food. It's something I need to do to feel happy. It's some kind of drive and I don't know how to explain what the reason is, but it's something I have a need to do.
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What does success look like for you? Maybe your definition of success is too different from what the label defines as success. Perhaps your definition of success is simply being able to live off your art for the rest of your days. Don't get caught up in this crazy business. I'd say that's one of the most important things.
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I really like our studio. It's definitely not in any way slick it's very homemade, literally. Everyone has their own room to produce and write, and [there's a] big rehearsal space.
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Have your own definition of success. Figure it out for yourself. If you really want to be the next Rihanna or whatever you've got to understand what that takes. Or if you want to be the Brian Eno - or whatever it is - who knows? Define for yourself what success means.
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Keep at something even when you don't feel inspired. Don't wait for inspiration! I write a lot of songs that are terrible, in the hopes that one song that has something special comes out of it. Just stay at something, and write every day if you're writing lyrics.
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Gothenburg's definitely a music city as well, but I think just because of the weather - it's so cold and miserable - people stay in. Coming to the States and going into the store and people are like, Hi, can I help you? - I'm not used to people randomly talking to me that I don't know.
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I feel like I'm still learning a lot with writing lyrics. In the beginning, like the first record, I wasn't so aware.
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A tiny detail can make you feel completely different. I feel different if I wear something that I'm slightly uncomfortable in.
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One of my strict, strict rules is a no auto-tune policy.
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We've been fortunate enough to have a lot of people to ask us to be on their records - so many artists and musicians that we really respect and look up to. And it's been really special. But from our side, there's so much that we in the Little Dragon are still learning about ourselves writing-wise that I guess we haven't had that need.
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On stage, that for me is a space I really love to be in. It's a time to really get drawn into the music and the moment with my friends. It's the best reminder of the reason why we're doing what we're doing.
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If you're just starting off as an artist, steal as much inspiration from everything you like, as much as you can. Take from books, from poets, from musicians. Just steal stuff from all over the place and then mix it up to make something of your own.
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It's weird with making music - you can have no vibe while you're working on something and recognize that the music was special afterwards. And it happens to me while I am working on my own music, as well! One minute you hate it, and then a few years you're obsessed with a little beat you did, and the opposite.
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