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When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.

Mitski

A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn’t like that for me. I didn’t think of it as a job or a career – it was just something that was constant.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
MITSKI

Art Artist Being Little Make People Realize Think
I don’t really listen to pop-country, but I like really, really old country that’s closer to folk. Like Johnny Cash, who is considered country.
MITSKI

Closer Country Folk Listen Old Pop Really
I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music.
MITSKI

Artist Brand Feel Human Icon Like Make Many Music Musician Non So Sometimes Understand
I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
MITSKI

Country Listen Love River See Think Would
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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Gender Hand Important One Progress Race Ralk Very
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
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.
MITSKI

Grow Important Made Matter More Objective Process Subjective Think Try Way
I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
MITSKI

Any Fact Guidance Kind Know Look Problematic
I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
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Around Form Identity Know Think Whole
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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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.
MITSKI

Comunity Exist Ingratiate Myself Whenever Tried
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.
MITSKI

Always Been Death Fascinate Morbid Sound
I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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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
If I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.
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Bring High Low Notes Really Some Somewhere Song Try Want

When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.

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