I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
MITSKII 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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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.
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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 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 guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.
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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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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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I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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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 wanted to take up guitar because playing piano is a little harder. Carrying a keyboard around is harder, and finding a real piano is much harder, and I wanted to play live more, so I figured a guitar would be easier to carry around.
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I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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It’s nice to know there’s a big world with many perspectives. I tend to get so stuck in my own small world easily, and going out into the world reminds me that I’m not the center of the world – in a good way.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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