I’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
MITSKIPop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they’re still musicians, and they’re still making art.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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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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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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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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I don’t really listen to pop-country, but I like really, really old country that’s closer to folk. Like Johnny Cash, who is considered country.
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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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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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It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
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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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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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When someone is a musician – trying to make a living off being a public figure – it’s really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn’t have a personal life.
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What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
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When you are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.
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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.
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