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Then you start to realise, ‘Oh, I’m bending a lot,’ and they’re just standing there existing, and I’m bending around them. But you can’t blame them: they don’t realise it; that’s just how they already existed. It’s hard.

Mitski

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
I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
MITSKI

Accept Acknowledge Being Have Institution Thing
All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
MITSKI

All Feel Like Seriously Taken Time
I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art.
MITSKI

Eat Go Healthy Out Properly Regimented Sleep Stay Try Work
What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.
MITSKI

Another Female Mukttilayer Problem Sgrink Symbol Token
I’m punk, but I love gold.
MITSKI

Gold Punk Love
I don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
MITSKI

Anything Care Emotion Expres Make Music Nostalgic
My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
MITSKI

Compulsive Lot Obsessive Personality Very
I don’t want to be elitist.
MITSKI

Be Elitist Want To
I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
MITSKI

Around Form Identity Know Think Whole
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.
MITSKI

Artist Brand Feel Human Icon Like Make Many Music Musician Non So Sometimes Understand
I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
MITSKI

Actual Art Blind Ego Get Kind Make Something Think Way
Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
MITSKI

Good Inspiration Tour Writing
I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
MITSKI

Basically Been Home Life Stop Think Tour Want
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
I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
MITSKI

Bad Bleak Thing Think

Then you start to realise, ‘Oh, I’m bending a lot,’ and they’re just standing there existing, and I’m bending around them. But you can’t blame them: they don’t realise it; that’s just how they already existed. It’s hard.

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Then you start to realise, ‘Oh, I’m bending a lot,’ and they’re just standing there existing, and I’m bending around them. But you can’t blame them: they don’t realise it; that’s just how they already existed. It’s hard.

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