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“Most of the ideas for me formulate in my subconscious, when I’m not being intentional about writing and when I’m actually not even thinking about writing at all.”

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“Every encounter inspires me in one way or another, even if it doesn’t manifest anyplace but in my subconscious for awhile.”

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“Everything and everyone I encounter influences my music, whether I’m cognizant of it or not. I collect visuals and sounds and pick up conversations, snapshots of things I see while I’m on the road touring and at home in Brooklyn. It all makes its way into my subconscious, where it is stored for a later date, a date where I’ll pull from it, like a well.”

—Quote #1 source, Quote #2 source, Quote #3 source

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Interviewer: What is something random and unusual about you that fans don’t know?

Mackenzie Scott: I went skydiving a couple years ago with a Groupon.

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Interviewer: I know you’re only 22, but do you have a bucket list?

Mackenzie Scott: I have started fulfilling it. I started by skydiving a couple of years ago. I had a Groupon for Skydive Alabama, and I drove by myself from Nashville and went skydiving. I think it was 10,000 feet. It was awesome, but I think it would be an amazing thing to do without someone on your back. Then again, I don’t trust myself enough and I would probably feel safer with another person.

And since you’re asking me, the other thing I think I would like to do is own an airplane. My dad has his pilot’s license, and he’s taught me over the years how to fly small aircraft. So I would like to initially get my pilot’s license and eventually have my own little plane.

I really love flying and being in the air. Ironically, I am afraid of heights — like really afraid of heights.

Interviewer: So you’ve been skydiving and would do it again and you would like to own a plane, but you’re afraid of heights?

Mackenzie Scott: I don’t know what it is, but I really love the adrenalin rush. I think I have a death wish.

Interviewer: . . . Would that be on your bucket list--to see elephants and lions in their natural habitat?

Mackenzie Scott: Absolutely! I would very much like to bond with lions and elephants in their natural habitat. I see videos of people who have befriended lions, tigers, and all sorts of wildlife, and they are cuddling and bonding with them, sharing connections. It makes me jealous.

Interviewer: You do have a death wish!

Mackenzie Scott; I guess I do! But I would just love to bond with a wild animal just once.

—Interview #1 source, Interview #2 source

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I have two extra tickets (one VIP, one regular) to see Marnie Stern in Austin tomorrow (Saturday) at 7. Let me know if you want to go!

“Recently I’ve been enthralled with Marnie Stern.”—Mackenzie Scott

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“I only participate in the underground scene [in Nashville; this interview is from May 2013] and completely removed from Music Row—Broadway. The underground music scene in Nashville is absolutely incredible.”

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Interviewer: What is the music community like in Nashville?

Mackenzie Scott: Pretty great. It’s a relatively diverse music community, I’d say. I prefer the garage punk-rock scene mostly.

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“I still tend to hop around so I don’t really consider myself a part of one of the music scenes in particular. But, you know, I definitely enjoy going to house shows and seeing some crazy punk band that I’ve never heard of.”

—Interview #1 source, Interview #2 source, Interview #3 source

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“My poetry writing started [when I was 9 or 10], and I would carry around a small notebook. . . .”

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“I. . . keep a notebook with me on hand at all times. . . .”

—Quote #1 source, Quote #2 source

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Interviewer: How would you describe your music?

Mackenzie Scott: I don’t. That’s for other people to do, if they so wish.

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Interviewer: We tried to think of three words to describe the record and came up with: beautiful, emotional and intense – what three would you go for?

Mackenzie Scott: I have such a distorted perspective on my own music, so I’m not sure I can/should try this. Do I get a pass card?

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Interviewer: How would you describe your music?

Mackenzie Scott: I wouldn’t, but since you’re asking, I’d say it’s good funeral/wedding music.

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Interviewer: For someone unfamiliar, how would you describe your work as TORRES, musically?

Mackenzie Scott: Minimal, perhaps experimental, instrumentally warm. I’m not good at describing my own music to other people. I’m too close to the work for my perspective to be accurate, I think.

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Interviewer: How would you describe your music to someone who’s never heard it before?

Mackenzie Scott: The most generic description would probably be somewhere between electronic rock and indie folk. But I don’t necessarily think it could be described in those words. I would probably use a lot of descriptions that wouldn’t even make sense. I would probably say warm but depressing.

—Interview #1 source, Interview #2 source, Interview #3 source, Interview #4 source, Interview #5 source

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