I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
MITSKIThe whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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I tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.
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You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you’re okay with who you are or where you came from.
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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.
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You can never learn enough about music.
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I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I’d never stayed in one place for so long.
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I think what’s hard for me is not that I don’t get downtime to chill, it’s that I don’t get time to make music.
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On one hand, I think it’s very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it’s not talked about, then we won’t progress.
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