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When you are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.

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I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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Creativity Fiction Have Kind Think Write
I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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Art Artist Being Little Make People Realize Think
I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
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Attain Country Culture Dream Enter Inherited never Something
I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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Cross Finger Hope Musician Whole Writer
Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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Being Good Outsider Relly Writer
Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they’re still musicians, and they’re still making art.
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Artist Hard Indie might Musician Pop Rally Same Thing Work
I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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Every Feel Privilege Resistance Such Turn
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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Around Artist Counties Father Folk Hink Music Obesess Perform World
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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Being Country Crisis First Few Identity Long Major never One Place Stay Year
I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
MITSKI

Belong Came Country Create Either Idea Realise
I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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Accept Acknowledge Being Have Institution Thing
When you’re doing something you’re not used to, you kind of realize that you’re still a kid: even though the whole world around you sees you as an adult and you’re expected to act like an adult, you still haven’t actually grown up.
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Adult Doing Expect Growth Kid Kind Realize Something Still
I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
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Artist Gonna Hate Opinion Other Record
Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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Like Music Say Someone Something
I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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Call Girl Intense One People Those Was
I don’t think I’m alone in this: I’m obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.
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Alone Happiness Maintain Obsessed Think Try

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