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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.

Mitski

A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn’t like that for me. I didn’t think of it as a job or a career – it was just something that was constant.
MITSKI

Always Constant Jobm Career Lot Music Musician Something Start Talk Want
I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
MITSKI

Accept Acknowledge Being Have Institution Thing
I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
MITSKI

Almost Can Car Get Infant Read Sick
I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
MITSKI

Came Care How Just Make Music Next Really
I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
MITSKI

Country Listen Love River See Think Would
Sometimes when I perform, and it’s obvious the audience is just there to party, or if I feel a wall between me and the audience, I get existential about it.
MITSKI

Audience Between Existence Feel Just Obvious Party Perform Sometimes
I’m not an innovator.
MITSKI

Innovator Not
I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
MITSKI

Also Camp Country Neither Want White
I think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
MITSKI

Grow Important Made Matter More Objective Process Subjective Think Try Way
I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
MITSKI

Abroad Communities Insular International Life Love Most
Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
MITSKI

Good Inspiration Tour Writing
You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
MITSKI

All Always Born Country Day From Have Thing Want What
I wanted to take up guitar because playing piano is a little harder. Carrying a keyboard around is harder, and finding a real piano is much harder, and I wanted to play live more, so I figured a guitar would be easier to carry around.
MITSKI

Around Carry Figure Find Guitar Harder Keyboard Litle Music Piano Real Take Want
I don’t want to be elitist.
MITSKI

Be Elitist Want To
All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
MITSKI

All Feel Like Seriously Taken Time
When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
MITSKI

Insular Precious Record Thing Very When

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