96 Quotes by Syd

At some point, I started listening to music a little differently. Rather than being like, 'Yo, this is dope - who made this?' it started being like, 'I wish I made this.'

Finding someone that trusted my vision helped me find certainty in who I was.

Older people generally appreciate live music.

Most of my friends are straight dudes. I talk to them about girls. I don't talk to girls about girls; I don't talk to gay girls about girls.

When I started making music, I just wanted to be the producer who sang the hooks. I wanted to be Pharrell, honestly, the one who made the beats and was in the music video with the girls.

I want people to love me for my music.

Almost everything I've ever recorded, I recorded myself at the desk, in my house.

I learned everything I knew about recording and engineering from my experience with Odd Future, so I was pretty comfortable with not having much.

It was a nerve-wracking first few years having to tour and perform in front of people with the little bit of confidence I had.