There’s this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we’re supposed to hate each other, and that’s totally not productive.
MITSKIWhen I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
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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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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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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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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.
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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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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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I don’t think I’m alone in this: I’m obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.
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Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.
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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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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.’
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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.
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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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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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