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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.

Mitski

I’m not an innovator.
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Innovator Not
I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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Always Anywhere Country Fit Grew Survive Up
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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Audience Get People Play Pressure Show Think
You can never learn enough about music.
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Enough Learn Music never
When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
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Believe Like Lot Make Media Music Social Something Start
I don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
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Anything Care Emotion Expres Make Music Nostalgic
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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Actual Art Blind Ego Get Kind Make Something Think Way
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 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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Grow Important Made Matter More Objective Process Subjective Think Try Way
I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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Abroad Communities Insular International Life Love Most
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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Around Carry Figure Find Guitar Harder Keyboard Litle Music Piano Real Take Want
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
Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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Decision Important Into Make Most Much Often One Put Times
With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There’s nothing that’s set.
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Completer Control List Over Set Show Solo
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.
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Ask Eat Ever Know People Want Your
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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Eat Go Healthy Out Properly Regimented Sleep Stay Try Work

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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