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.
MITSKIMy personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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I tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.
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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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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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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.
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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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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.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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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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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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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.
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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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I’m not an innovator.
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