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I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.

Mitski

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.
MITSKI

Gender Hand Important One Progress Race Ralk Very
I’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
MITSKI

Been Careful Clear Lit Make Media Person Real Social Very
Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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Good Inspiration Tour Writing
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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Adult Doing Expect Growth Kid Kind Realize Something Still
I don’t want to be elitist.
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Be Elitist Want To
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 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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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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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 growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
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I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
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What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.
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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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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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When you’re an adult, things mellow out. I think when you’re a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.
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I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art.
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