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what do you do when you just can't make anything you're happy with/can't stick to one consistent style? i feel like i've become so influenced by other music that i can't figure out what i actually sound like as myself and that just makes me feel like everything i make sounds boring and empty
just think, 'what would you do if you were allowed to have fun'
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whats the best button on a keyboard?
space
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why?
it's huge
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Would you ever write a musical
yes
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I really want to be creative and make things but I don't know how?
no one who makes creative things knows how either. it's not knowable. that's what makes it so ridiculous of course
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do you pronounce gif like gif or jif
i've never pronounced gif
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have you been to amsterdam
yes i have
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Why do I eat grass?
it's there
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what's your favorite time of the day?
0:00
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Tips for overcoming a superiority complex?
how about total failure
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Would you like to overthrow the government?
no
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Did you know that purple is one of the most hated colors by men?
i don't believe that
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How to stop making the same mistake over and over again
write up an official instructions sheet for how to make that mistake
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are you fond of the australian accent
at this point i've found myself liking and disliking every dialect i've ever heard, depending on who's speaking it
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if you had to choose, do you think lofi recording (white noise, noise pollution, amp hissing) sounds best or does crystal clear hifi sound best?
it might sound great to switch from one to the other, from time to time
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Help me I'm stupid?
prove it
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Why do you sometimes answer a question with your answer to the previous question?
most of the time, this won't work. therefore, when the chance comes, when 2 questions come along that could work well with the same answer, i may jump at the opportunity. especially if the questions are quite different
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Would you ever answer these questions with your voice to practice interviewing?
i wouldn't do anything like that on this page
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are you the most productive in sommer or in winter?
equally
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I have lots of ideas at night while lying in bed, and some of them are good but all the mind-flowing makes it difficult for me to close my eyes and sleep. Are there any ways to sleep and have good ideas at the same time?
yes, but then it's almost impossible to remember the ideas
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Also why is it easier for me to sleep during the day even if I slept fine the night before?
i have no idea
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why earth so dumb what do you think?
have you tried backgammon
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what are your thoughts on albums given that you only release your songs as singles?
i always imagine them as being way better than a song. but when i hear a real one it seems way way way way worse than a song. just a list of songs, which is in fact worse than a song, for me. However, to be fair, i suspect the album experience might be better if i were holding it physically and sniffing the cover while listening to it. which i actually haven't tried yet
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how long does it take for you to think of a response?
anywhere between 1 second and 100 million years
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how do i remember to drink enough water
that's impossible. if you actually drink enough, you will be drinking it so often you won't notice and it won't be memorable
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have you ever been through an existential crisis?
sure, that's part of my daily routine
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Were you the hearthrob back in the highschool
i don't recall
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can i talk to you for 4000 hours
that sounds lovely
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Why does this question page sometimes make me feel like I have transcended the spacetime continuum and overcome meaningless but unavoidable perceived boundaries of identity?
must be the purple font
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The guy looking for proof of self in i'm a huge gamer most of the time, is he going through an ego rebirth?
not that i know of
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And did he find what he was looking for?
yes
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do you recommend veggies?
they are self-recommending
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Is it a viable way to learn drums if you just treat it as a cool object thats really good at imitating the sounds of a drum
i'm not sure
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why did the chicken cross the road?
keep appearances up
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do you ever see yourself making another video similar to the "wild frolicking adventures" one?
yes
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what do you think?
i'll see if i can describe it for you
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what's your favorite major city in the us?
am i allowed to change my mind and then change it back
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i have so much trouble starting on things that i should be doing, even playing games, have you ever felt the same?
sometimes
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how do i get over it?
you may have to get your ducks in a row. or, in case you think you don't have any ducks, you need to go ahead and find those ducks first
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Do chairs exist?
i believe so
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sometimes I give answers to questions that don't make immediate sense to me, only to realize why I gave that answer later. does this happen to you?
i believe so
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Bill will you ever perform on SNL
i'll see what i can do
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if someone sent you a message on paper in a bottle through pigeons would you accept it
no, even worse i probably would not receive it. i have opted out of the pigeon mail system
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Do you believe that everything was already determined at the start of the universe?
every possible way it could have gone, was determined, but that's infinite possible ways anyway so it doesn't even need determining. but the way it 'actually' goes, in the world we know here, is the continuing summation of all our choices, which are just a tiny sliver of that infinite possibility pool at any given time
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have you played any rhythm games,
i've tried waking up in the morning
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how was it if so
bizarre
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I was not going to ask this question, but now that I think about it, am I going to ask this question?
at the time of writing, yes
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are you on a quest to combine every artform?
i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes
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do you ever wish you could see the reaction of the question-asker to the answer you provide, or is that superfluous to the objective of the questions page
that seems a little intrusive
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What if instead of participating to win an award, the reward itself was participation?
in that case you wouldn't get it, due to not participating
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do you think tomorrow's lunch will be a good lunch?
it will meet the daily standard of lunch
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sometimes i feel like i'm living a reasonably bad timeline. i'm not achieving the things i should be achieving, and my life has been going downhill since the seventh grade. i'm basically being outcompeted by peers and... everyone, and i'm not catching up. where and when will the inflection point and minimum come? what will it take for me to do the things i know i'm capable of and i strongly believe are associated with my purpose in life? is it too late to accomplish or do the things i would like to accomplish or do, like learning new hobbies and master normal, proper human communication and leadership? is it possible to hop back onto a better timeline sometime in the future? can i seek redemption? i apologize for the heavy questions
don't forget to take with you the wisdom you've accrued through this period of, what we'll call "ambitions processing". although i should point out that your assessment of your peers' achievements felt dubious, biased, and unbased. but who knows maybe you actually calculated it somehow
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I'm going to the airport terminal, tomorrow, will the planes be landing?
likely yes, but that's still only half of the story
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what is an interesting thing to do in your free time
go ahead and try to figure everything out
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what question did i ask again?
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have you already written what you believe is the last song you'll ever release?
no
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How did you become a songwriter?
started writing songs. that may sound easier than it is, but it's actually easier than it sounds. that being said, it's impossible
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Has your opinion on bread changed ever since 5.17.22?
no, but let's be honest i'm not always forthcoming about my actual exact opinion on bread. bread has a silliness to it, as a subject, so it comes up a lot here in the questions, and i've experimented with lots of different types of responses. you may or may not have interpreted one of those responses as a hard opinion
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got any advice for managing a heavy workload?
[ed harris voice] the procedures!!!!!
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do you ever use sarcasm in your songs
yep
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hey bill, i have a wonderful girlfriend but she is way more sophisticated than i'll ever be, and i feel like i have to be "more" in order to deserve to be with her sometimes. do i need to get over this feeling, and if so, how?
you can talk about it with her. i'm sure that will probably be good
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Are there any sounds in dutch that aren't really used in english
sure. "g" als in goed, geld, en gezellig
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(or any english sounds that aren't really used in dutch)?
"th" as in thing, three, and thousand. unless you consider the fact that english is used in heaping quantities, all over any normal dutch conversation, then those sounds indeed are there
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i used to play the piano for a few years, but in 2020 i lost interest during the pandemic after my piano lessons got cancelled. 4 years later i want to get back at playing piano, but im horribly slow at reading sheet music and my coordination is out of wack. what should i do?
just start. i'm sure you won't be any worse than when you first started
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why does reading through my old notes make me feel like i just discovered time traveling
because maybe you've never done anything like that before
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We know your opinion ‽ on but what about ⸮
not common, even in spanish. it's nice, but i'd be nervous about its cross-platform compatibility, due to its obscurity
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Stars are just like fish, aren't they?
i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes
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whats your favourite button on the calculator
=
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i play and practise my scales when im in doubt. what do you do when youre in doubt?
work on the work
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That feeling of stepping outside the box to find...... another box. What the fuck?
it's better than finding nothing
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What percentage of statements are misinterpreted every day around the world?
4%
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Do you believe at some point every possible question will have been asked?
not here, or to me, but ultimately yes
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If so do you think at some point every question will be answered
i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes
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Recently I've felt discouraged by small things that wouldn't affect me before. Have you ever felt like this? Any idea how to grow past this?
yes, you have to offset this by figuring out what you are really excited about, and focus on that stuff more
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Are you planning on doing any more interviews soon
yes
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If a crow flew up to you and offered you a trinket would you accept it
no
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any book recommendations?
yes, all of them are recommended
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What is the best way to cook/prepare a potato and why?
i actually don't know any ways
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what if fishermen controlled the government without us even batting an eye
to be fair i've actually never seen anyone bat their eye
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thoughts on misanthropy?
never heard of it
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dear bill, thank you for making nice music it helps me a lot in my life
you're welcome
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where would you say you're vacationing right now?
some kind of layer cake
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Is there a song I should listen to?
no, but there are many many songs you may listen to
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If so, which one?
making that decision for you is not something i could or should be responsible for
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I will drop everything and listen to it right now
and that's exactly why
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i feel like i have too many thoughts and they are going to eat me before i can even get started have you ever felt like this
yes
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have you ever despised any of your own characteristics that feel unchangeable?
yes sometimes
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especially the characteristic "too lazy to try to change anything"?
i don't find that to be one of my charactaristics, but i have some other ones that seem perhaps equally frustrating as that one
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is there anything to do about it?
yes. it's possible that you can change this characteristic, or, it might also be possible that you don't have to. based on the way you described the situation, each of those 2 possibilities seems 50% likely
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how do i get more ideas
just keep using the same idea
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can you make lasagna
no
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is it normal to feel bad for someone but at the same time wish you were them?
yes
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My cat stole my potato
i believe you
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when do you feel a sense of justice?
when a flipped coin lands on its edge
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what questions are worth asking?
all of them. that is precisely what each question is worth
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are you a rabbit in a hat
metaphorically, yes
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have you ever felt like you wanted to melt in to nature or reality spaces as an entity without having an important property enough to be noticed (as if you were invisible) if you have or haven't felt that, would you try it once for real this time
maybe some other time
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how do you spell words in such a way that is incorrect but still perceivable as real words?
just use all Q's
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Hey, you seem like a pretty good guy. I'm studying for an exam. Should i quit or maybe keep going?
i don't know anything about exams. if i were in the exam business i'd probably be the one making the exams
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How do you know if it is worth it?
no one knows that