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.
MITSKIOn 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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A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn’t like that for me. I didn’t think of it as a job or a career – it was just something that was constant.
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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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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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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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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’m not an innovator.
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You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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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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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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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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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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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 would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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