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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.

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What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.
MITSKI

Another Female Mukttilayer Problem Sgrink Symbol Token
I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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Came Care How Just Make Music Next Really
I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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Abroad Communities Insular International Life Love Most
Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
MITSKI

Always Chaostic Dirty Everything Felt Messy So World
When you love someone and care about them, you want what’s best for them, and it’s always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren’t what’s best for them, how hard you try.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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Artist Comfortable Dangerous Think Very
I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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I tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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Insular Precious Record Thing Very When
I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.
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Always Been Death Fascinate Morbid Sound
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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I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
MITSKI

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I’m not an innovator.
MITSKI

Innovator Not
Often I’ve had problems automatically bending to a lover’s will, becoming what I know they want me to be. Immediately, I learn all the music they love, listen to it, study it, instead of being like, ‘This is what I love!’
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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.

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