Top 95 Quotes & Sayings by Syd

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Syd.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Sydney Loren Bennett, known professionally as Syd, is an American musician and singer from Los Angeles, California. She initially gained recognition as a member of the alternative hip hop collective Odd Future, and went on to found her own band The Internet, in 2011. Bennett released her 2017 debut solo album Fin, followed by the EP Always Never Home. On June 6, 2022 S Announce that her and her long-term girlfriend Ariana Simone announced their marriage.

American - Musician | Born: April 23, 1992

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

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I grew up in a house that was constantly under construction. It's been under construction my whole life. My mom loves interior decor, and my dad loves construction - he loves demolition and building new walls.

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I do want to inspire people - young girls who may like to wear boys' clothes and who romanticize women and feel nothing wrong with it.

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My mom wasn't expecting me to end up how I ended up. When she wanted to have kids, she wanted to have two girls, and then she got my brother and me. Which is a disappointment to anybody. You can't help it.

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Fashion has always been influenced by hip-hop.

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Older people generally appreciate live music.

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If you think I'm a young boy singing these songs, dope. Run with that.

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If you ranked Odd Future, I was at the very bottom.

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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.

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

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It's no secret that I love women. I think everyone loves women. And I like having beautiful women around me.

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I've always known I was a genius. But I never thought I was a star.

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If everything happens for a reason, what's the reason?

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I remember my first albums: Brandy's first album and Usher's 'My Way.'

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I've gotten used to not having all the responsibility on my shoulders.

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I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music - they're huge music fans.

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As a child, I wanted to be a singer, but that was only because I thought I could sing. I'd sing along to Brandy and Usher and *NSYNC.

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Don't overthink it, and don't let technicalities stop you from creating.

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I feel like I'm real honest in my music. Even if it ends up being an exaggeration or a fantasy, it's a fantasy that's real to me.

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If you want to be a pioneer, you have to be intentional, at least a little bit.

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The gay community hated me for being part of Odd Future. They thought Odd Future was homophobic because they tend to use homophobic slang, and they were like: 'How can you work for and support homophobes?' But they aren't homophobic; they just don't really care whether you're offended or not.

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I'm not ashamed in the least bit of being gay or being a lesbian. I just prefer to call myself gay for some reason.

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I'm just a really shy person. I don't gravitate towards attention, so for someone like me to have as much attention as I have is bizarre.

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I think I see myself differently than most people see me.

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I sing every day, on a regular basis.

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As far as open conversations with random people, no I don't really enjoy them.

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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.'

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My parents have always been supportive of whatever I've wanted to do.

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I think I see a lot of artists struggling to make their first album perfect, and I've been there.

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I'm kind of shy when it comes to women, so I don't really approach them. I'll just admire them from afar, and if they happen to say something to me, then maybe I'll find the courage to say something.

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If I have a session with an artist who I've never worked with before, they don't have to meet my parents, you know? Unless they want to.

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I used to get the most anxiety before shows because I really was never prepared.

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Some people just need something to be mad about.

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I hate the word 'lesbian.'

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Performing live was something that I had to really work at.

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I think everybody goes through times where they're vulnerable and then times where you're confident and cocky.

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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.

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I have an uncle in Jamaica who's an OG producer/songwriter over there, Mikey Bennett.

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I think the audience is getting it right, you know what I mean? And that's kind of rare when the artist feels like their audience understand them. But I feel like people are understanding exactly what I'm going for. And that's awesome.

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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.

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For me, I'm just trying to keep it fun, keep it interesting, not get stuck on the same sound, the same wave for too long.

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I've always been conscious not to take advantage of my sexual orientation because I don't think it's fair, and it shouldn't matter.

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I think the selfie age is kind of making fame annoying.

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I used to have long hair and get it done every two weeks, and it was never worth it to me. I would just walk out of the salon and put it in a ponytail anyway.

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I have stopped going out places just to avoid uncomfortable conversations.

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I get kinda nervous before every show.

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I was a loner; I spent the first half of high school alone.

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

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I've written songs about women since I've been involved with women, but I do know a few gay female artists who, back in the day, would write songs about men.