Borns Quotes

Borns

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 7, 1992

I really like intimate venues because it feels like everyone in the audience is in on all our inside jokes.

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I had a band when I was in middle school, but I was the drummer. I kind of thought if I was going to be in a band, I'd be the drummer. I'm innately drawn to rhythm. But we didn't have any shows. We just jammed in our parents' basement.

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I don't really know what emotions are going to come out in songs when I'm writing them until I step back and listen to them as a whole.

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I don't want to make a living. I want to make a life.

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A lot of people think I'm a chick. It happens the most at airports. The flight attendants will always say, 'Have a nice flight, Ms. Borns.' It must be the hair.

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I have the luxury of having the choice to perform and go up on stage every night.

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I've gotten to play some cool venues, like at an aquarium in La Jolla, California.

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I'm not growing out my hair just to be androgynous.

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I really like small, intimate shows, but there's nothing like playing at a festival. It's a completely different experience. Everyone is just a little more primal; they can get away with more things.

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There's a book called 'The Baron in the Trees.' A friend got that for me because I was kind of a tree-dwelling nomad for a bit. I kind of associate myself with the book.

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I always go thrift shopping wherever I am.

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I'm influenced by a lot of different genres of music. So I'm constantly trying to rework production and make things interesting in the live show and on records.

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I remember seeing an interview from the Bee Gees and they were like, 'The biggest competition to the Bee Gees is the Bee Gees.' They just kept trying to top themselves and write better songs, and I'm just always trying to do that.

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That's one thing I really wanted to work on after 'Dopamine,' my falsetto.

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Hopefully I inspire people just to lose themselves a little bit. That's what I enjoy doing on stage: challenging myself with a new territory, like performing differently, moving differently, singing differently, just let people know that it's okay just to do something that they've never done before.

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My favorite songs of all time are songs that take you on a journey and give you pleasurable moments you weren't expecting.

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I feel like piano is my main instrument. I'm most comfortable on the piano.

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No, I don't think songwriting is emotionally challenging - I feel like it's almost a way to sort through your emotions and put them out there.

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I'm always trying to top the last show.

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The more you practice something, the more you are aware of what you're doing.

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