“I have found myself in the arts, and that is the only choice I gave myself; that is the only thing I want to do.”
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Teen Interview #11
“It’s okay to be unsure. We don’t really know what we’re doing, we just like making music and we’re still figuring it out. Just start making stuff. Just do stuff; just make stuff. Start putting out music.”
Teen Interview #10
“I can’t draw or paint. Photography and video were what I told myself I wanted to do with my life, so I just said, why not get started? “
Teen Interview #9
“Art is the person that is doing it. It is a word that you can take within yourself. I’m art. We all are. It’s just a magical word.”
Teen Interview #7
“Being a minority can affect my art in a way that inspires me more. But also as a dancer, there are many women who dance. But as a small non-white, Asian ballerina, it can be hard to find your place.”
Teen Interview #6
“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. And with that, there are always new things to see in the world. New ideologies. New ways to see things. and sometimes adults don’t have that same mindset.”
Teen Interview #5
“In the long run, I want to inspire others the way others inspired me because a lot of my art is a combination of other peoples art. “
Teen Interview #4
“But then I think when I’m playing my own music, and I’m just in my room, writing by myself, I can do whatever the hell I want. [I can] change things, add things, right there. I think having that outlet of individual work is always a good thing to have.”
Teen Interview #3
“I think that if you get the children and younger generations involved in art, then other people will follow. I feel like there would be an obligation for parents and siblings to get into it too. To an extent, those kids will grow up and be involved as adults, and their kids will also be involved.”
Teen Interview #2
“Because I’m only 15, and I don’t know my life. But through art, I figure it out. You know people are like ‘oh art is about expressing myself,’ but I can’t do that if I don’t know what to express. And so I kind of make stuff randomly and look and realize that a part of me is there.”
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