I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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 was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.
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If I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.
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I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.
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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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When 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’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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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 hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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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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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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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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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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