I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
MITSKIOn 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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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.
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I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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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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When you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
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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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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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You can never learn enough about music.
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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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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.
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You 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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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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