I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
MITSKII think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
MITSKII don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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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.
MITSKII 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 think it’s our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we’re able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn’s case, we as artists somehow made it ‘cool’ enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over.
MITSKII think it’s our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we’re able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn’s case, we as artists somehow made it ‘cool’ enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over.
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Maybe 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.
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 discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
MITSKII 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 think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
MITSKII think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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Sometimes when I perform, and it’s obvious the audience is just there to party, or if I feel a wall between me and the audience, I get existential about it.
MITSKISometimes when I perform, and it’s obvious the audience is just there to party, or if I feel a wall between me and the audience, I get existential about it.
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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
MITSKII have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
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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.
MITSKII 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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You can never learn enough about music.
MITSKIYou can never learn enough about music.
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I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
MITSKII think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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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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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.
MITSKIWith 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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I really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
MITSKII really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
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