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I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music.

Mitski

It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
MITSKI

Actually Change Compeletely Different Feel Force Sing Sound Style Unnatural
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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When you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
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I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
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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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I don’t want to be elitist.
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On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I’m becoming a stereotype, but it’s what I want to eat. I want to eat rice.
MITSKI

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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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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
MITSKI

Almost Can Car Get Infant Read Sick
I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.
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I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
MITSKI

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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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On tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
MITSKI

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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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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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