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I tend to not want to do that anymore. It’s not even that I don’t like it anymore: it’s that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.

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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
Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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Being Good Outsider Relly Writer
When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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Feel Finally Like Myself Onstage Perform Want Way
What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
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Anything Exist Ideology Important Material Me Reflective Song
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
If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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Belong Crisis Even Found Identity Itself Place
Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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Good Inspiration Tour Writing
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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Any Big Easily Get Go Know Nice Own Perspective Small Stuck Tend To World
You can never learn enough about music.
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Enough Learn Music never
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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Anyone Ask Assume Been Hobby Offend Strangely Time Whether
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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Closer Country Folk Listen Old Pop Really
I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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Accept Acknowledge Being Have Institution Thing
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.
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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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Best Care Hard Love Realize Someone Them Try Want
I tend to not want to do that anymore. It’s not even that I don’t like it anymore: it’s that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.
MITSKI

Anymore Dislike Even Keep Me People Tend Try Way
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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I tend to not want to do that anymore. It’s not even that I don’t like it anymore: it’s that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.

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