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I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.

Mitski

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 took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.
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I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
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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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I couldn’t wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn’t actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don’t really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that’s what I wanted to do.
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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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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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Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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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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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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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 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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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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