All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
MITSKIGrowing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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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 discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
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I feel like I’ve always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.
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When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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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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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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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 don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
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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’m punk, but I love gold.
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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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I’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
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