I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
MITSKIYou can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you’re okay with who you are or where you came from.
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There’s this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we’re supposed to hate each other, and that’s totally not productive.
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I think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
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On one hand, I think it’s very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it’s not talked about, then we won’t progress.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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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 think what’s hard for me is not that I don’t get downtime to chill, it’s that I don’t get time to make music.
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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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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 want to be elitist.
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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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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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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