I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
MITSKIWhen you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
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I couldn’t wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn’t actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don’t really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that’s what I wanted to do.
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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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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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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 really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
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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 didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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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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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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I think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
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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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