Often I’ve had problems automatically bending to a lover’s will, becoming what I know they want me to be. Immediately, I learn all the music they love, listen to it, study it, instead of being like, ‘This is what I love!’
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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When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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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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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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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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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.
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I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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You can never learn enough about music.
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I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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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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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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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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