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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.

Mitski

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.
MITSKI

Artist Brand Feel Human Icon Like Make Many Music Musician Non So Sometimes Understand
All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
MITSKI

All Feel Like Seriously Taken Time
All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
MITSKI

Al Do Karaoke People Person Sing Want
As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
MITSKI

Always Better Color Competent Consider Everybody Fifty Hundred Percent Room Woman
When you’re doing something you’re not used to, you kind of realize that you’re still a kid: even though the whole world around you sees you as an adult and you’re expected to act like an adult, you still haven’t actually grown up.
MITSKI

Adult Doing Expect Growth Kid Kind Realize Something Still
I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
MITSKI

Actually Country Love Love Place Summer Tour Went When
I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
MITSKI

Basically Been Home Life Stop Think Tour Want
On tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
MITSKI

Drink Jib Other Suppose Think Tour Whisky Work
With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There’s nothing that’s set.
MITSKI

Completer Control List Over Set Show Solo
I don’t really listen to pop-country, but I like really, really old country that’s closer to folk. Like Johnny Cash, who is considered country.
MITSKI

Closer Country Folk Listen Old Pop Really
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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Eat Go Healthy Out Properly Regimented Sleep Stay Try Work
When someone is a musician – trying to make a living off being a public figure – it’s really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn’t have a personal life.
MITSKI

Being Figure Live Make Musician Public Someone Try
Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
MITSKI

All Become Being Bought More Objective Outsider Thing Time Unhealthy Useful
Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
MITSKI

Good Inspiration Tour Writing
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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Always Choose Feel Like Make One Place Stay Thing Travel Want
What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
MITSKI

Anything Exist Ideology Important Material Me Reflective Song

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