When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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 think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
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I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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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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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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Pop 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 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 guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I’m becoming a stereotype, but it’s what I want to eat. I want to eat rice.
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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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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
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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’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
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