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I tend to not want to do that anymore. It’s not even that I don’t like it anymore: it’s that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.

Mitski

I think it’s our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we’re able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn’s case, we as artists somehow made it ‘cool’ enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over.
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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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There’s this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we’re supposed to hate each other, and that’s totally not productive.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
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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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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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I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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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 hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
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I really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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I tend to not want to do that anymore. It’s not even that I don’t like it anymore: it’s that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.

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I tend to not want to do that anymore. It’s not even that I don’t like it anymore: it’s that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.

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