When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
MITSKIWhen I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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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 actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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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 would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you’re okay with who you are or where you came from.
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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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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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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.
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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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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.
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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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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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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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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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