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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.

Mitski

I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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Basically Been Home Life Stop Think Tour Want
When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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Feel Finally Like Myself Onstage Perform Want Way
Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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Discover More Out Set Something Write
I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
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Audience Get People Play Pressure Show Think
When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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Insular Precious Record Thing Very When
I’m punk, but I love gold.
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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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I think what’s hard for me is not that I don’t get downtime to chill, it’s that I don’t get time to make music.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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Cross Finger Hope Musician Whole Writer
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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When you’re an adult, things mellow out. I think when you’re a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.
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I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music.
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