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I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.

Mitski

I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
MITSKI

Country Listen Love River See Think Would
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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Around Form Identity Know Think Whole
I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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Abroad Communities Insular International Life Love Most
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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Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
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Everything Haven Ten Instead Knock Once Seem Thing Time
Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they’re still musicians, and they’re still making art.
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I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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Discover More Out Set Something Write
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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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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I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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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.
MITSKI

Get Indulge Morose Most One Serious Take Time Young Yourself
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.
MITSKI

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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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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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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
Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.

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