I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
MITSKI- It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
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I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
MITSKII don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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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.
MITSKIWhenever 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 could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
MITSKII could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
MITSKII would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
MITSKIPeople started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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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.
MITSKII’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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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.
MITSKIIt’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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A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn’t like that for me. I didn’t think of it as a job or a career – it was just something that was constant.
MITSKIA lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn’t like that for me. I didn’t think of it as a job or a career – it was just something that was constant.
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Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
MITSKIMiyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
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I wanted to take up guitar because playing piano is a little harder. Carrying a keyboard around is harder, and finding a real piano is much harder, and I wanted to play live more, so I figured a guitar would be easier to carry around.
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I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in ‘Teardrops On My Guitar,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t this song great?’ And everyone was like, ‘Who’s Taylor Swift?’ And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.
MITSKII remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in ‘Teardrops On My Guitar,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t this song great?’ And everyone was like, ‘Who’s Taylor Swift?’ And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.
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You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
MITSKIYou always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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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.
MITSKIThings 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 very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
MITSKIIt’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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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.
MITSKIIn 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.
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