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.
MITSKII think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
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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 think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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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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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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I’m not an innovator.
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I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.
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I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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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.
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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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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