Often I’ve had problems automatically bending to a lover’s will, becoming what I know they want me to be. Immediately, I learn all the music they love, listen to it, study it, instead of being like, ‘This is what I love!’
MITSKIOften I’ve had problems automatically bending to a lover’s will, becoming what I know they want me to be. Immediately, I learn all the music they love, listen to it, study it, instead of being like, ‘This is what I love!’
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I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
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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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I don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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I’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
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I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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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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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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On tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
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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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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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