Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
MITSKIIt 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’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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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’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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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 didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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When you’re doing something you’re not used to, you kind of realize that you’re still a kid: even though the whole world around you sees you as an adult and you’re expected to act like an adult, you still haven’t actually grown up.
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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.
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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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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 have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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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 think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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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