I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
MITSKIMaybe this is a made-up belief to preserve myself, but I do believe that everyone has a purpose, and my purpose is to put out music that means something.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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I tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.
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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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As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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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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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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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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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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