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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.

Mitski

When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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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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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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I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art.
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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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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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If I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.
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I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in ‘Teardrops On My Guitar,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t this song great?’ And everyone was like, ‘Who’s Taylor Swift?’ And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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It’s nice to know there’s a big world with many perspectives. I tend to get so stuck in my own small world easily, and going out into the world reminds me that I’m not the center of the world – in a good way.
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Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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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 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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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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