"Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song."

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"Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song."

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"It's the same with visual arts, you have some really cool, wonderful striking images that make you think and then again you have wonderful striking images that just take you away from the existing world for a second. And I like the latter a bit more."

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