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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.

Mitski

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 would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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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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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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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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A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn’t like that for me. I didn’t think of it as a job or a career – it was just something that was constant.
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I feel like I’ve always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
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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 really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.
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I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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