I really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
MITSKII lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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Then you start to realise, ‘Oh, I’m bending a lot,’ and they’re just standing there existing, and I’m bending around them. But you can’t blame them: they don’t realise it; that’s just how they already existed. It’s hard.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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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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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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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 think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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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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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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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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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 know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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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 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 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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