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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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Automatical Become Bend Immediately Lover Often Problem Want
In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I’d never stayed in one place for so long.
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Being Country Crisis First Few Identity Long Major never One Place Stay Year
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.
MITSKI

Best Care Hard Love Realize Someone Them Try Want
I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
MITSKI

Belong Came Country Create Either Idea Realise
Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
MITSKI

Being Good Outsider Relly Writer
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.
MITSKI

Always Been Death Fascinate Morbid Sound
I think music is supposed to be shared.
MITSKI

Music Share Suppose Think
I couldn’t wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn’t actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don’t really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that’s what I wanted to do.
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Actually Get Know Myself Once Out School Wait Want
You can never learn enough about music.
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Enough Learn Music never
I’m punk, but I love gold.
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Gold Punk Love
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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Car Feel Guilty Like Listen Music Over Pop Proud Really Super Top
Sometimes when I perform, and it’s obvious the audience is just there to party, or if I feel a wall between me and the audience, I get existential about it.
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Audience Between Existence Feel Just Obvious Party Perform Sometimes
I don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
MITSKI

Anything Care Emotion Expres Make Music Nostalgic
I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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Call Girl Intense One People Those Was
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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Artist Gonna Hate Opinion Other Record
When you are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.
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Bend Job Love Make Minority Really Someone Want Work

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