I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
MITSKIThe whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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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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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.
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With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There’s nothing that’s set.
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You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you’re okay with who you are or where you came from.
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When you’re doing something you’re not used to, you kind of realize that you’re still a kid: even though the whole world around you sees you as an adult and you’re expected to act like an adult, you still haven’t actually grown up.
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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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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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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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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 hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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