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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.

Mitski

I was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.
MITSKI

Creative Film Job Major More Opportunity Reason Some Thought
On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I’m becoming a stereotype, but it’s what I want to eat. I want to eat rice.
MITSKI

Ask Eat Ever Know People Want Your
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.
MITSKI

Gender Hand Important One Progress Race Ralk Very
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.
MITSKI

Adult Doing Expect Growth Kid Kind Realize Something Still
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!’
MITSKI

Automatical Become Bend Immediately Lover Often Problem Want
I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
MITSKI

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

Bend Job Love Make Minority Really Someone Want Work
I couldn’t wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn’t actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don’t really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that’s what I wanted to do.
MITSKI

Actually Get Know Myself Once Out School Wait Want
People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
MITSKI

Being Call People Specific Start Treat Way
I don’t want to be elitist.
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Be Elitist Want To
I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
MITSKI

Audience Get People Play Pressure Show Think
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.
MITSKI

Bring High Low Notes Really Some Somewhere Song Try Want
My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
MITSKI

Compulsive Lot Obsessive Personality Very
I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
MITSKI

Actually Country Love Love Place Summer Tour Went When
Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
MITSKI

Like Music Say Someone Something
I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
MITSKI

Discover More Out Set Something Write

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