All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
MITSKII think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music.
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I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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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 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 didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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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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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art.
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Sometimes when I perform, and it’s obvious the audience is just there to party, or if I feel a wall between me and the audience, I get existential about it.
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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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