"It's very important if you want to be in any sort of artistic vein to partake of the great minds that have done things in that medium or any art medium," she continues. "I'm just as influenced by sculptors and painters and movies as I am by music, if not more so. It's all art.
"It's very silly to throw aside wonderful art that's been created and not stand on the shoulders of great people just for your own ego. You can't just say, 'I am completely isolated and this is my own thing that has never been done before.' I don't know, I might be wrong, but me, personally, that's not at all what I gravitate towards."
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