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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 was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.
MITSKI

Creative Film Job Major More Opportunity Reason Some Thought
Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.
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Could Just Me Mine Music One Put Thing
I don’t want to be elitist.
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Be Elitist Want To
I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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Conveniently Emotion Fade Memory Overwhelming Photographic Thing Very
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
Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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Like Music Say Someone Something
I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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Also Camp Country Neither Want White
I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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Came Care How Just Make Music Next Really
I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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Everyone Musical Musician Want
When someone is a musician – trying to make a living off being a public figure – it’s really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn’t have a personal life.
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Being Figure Live Make Musician Public Someone Try
People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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Being Call People Specific Start Treat Way
It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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Over Say Somebody Tempting Want When You
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
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.
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Always Been Death Fascinate Morbid Sound
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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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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