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Once you've had a real taste of touring it's like, Okay, it's pretty amazing that we have real fans and we can go out and play shows, but you start to feel a personal need, like, Okay, I think it's time to go home for a minute.

Yukimi Nagano

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Yukimi Nagano
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 31
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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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You want inspiration to come in a natural way and let it happen when it's going to happen. The last thing you want is this ghost looming over you saying it has to be good - remember that feeling of loving what you do, and don't let the business aspect murder that. It takes away the creativity for me.
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You write music for yourself and if you just open that door and let people in, the audience is going to grow and it's going to become more accessible.
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I feel like there are a lot of artists that you could put together that you love, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's going to make amazing music. Giving an artist a great theme to write about doesn't mean the song's going to be good.
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Most of the producers I work with are decent mixers. We'll wind up in these spots where I'll get the mix back and I'll put a few more pieces of production together and send it back to the mixer. It's so easy to change the entire perspective of the song by changing the mix.
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It's hard to start and think about having balance. Music is a tough industry, and you have to work your way to that luxury.
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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 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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For us, as artists, our goal isn't to forever try to play at the biggest venue ever. Our goal is to make music and keep pushing ourselves creatively, whether it gets attention or not. If we get to do that without being broke? That's our goal. And that may not mean that's going to result in us playing the biggest venue in the world.
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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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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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If you listen too much to doubts you're totally lost.
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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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It can be tricky with branding these days, because everything is kind of branded.
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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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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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Swedes, compared to Americans, can seem a little cold and introverted.
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I think most people are many-sided you have your evil side, your happy side, your spaced-out side. You try to stay on the positive side more - I mean, I try to - but I think we all have those different faces of ourselves.
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One of my strict, strict rules is a no auto-tune policy.
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To foster creativity, I think a little pressure can be good, but stress isn't good. Knowing that you have a defined window of time and you're going to dedicate your attention to it is a positive - but you can't think of it as needing a track that's going to change your life.
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