I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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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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 don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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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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When someone is a musician – trying to make a living off being a public figure – it’s really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn’t have a personal life.
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When you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
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There’s this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we’re supposed to hate each other, and that’s totally not productive.
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You can never learn enough about music.
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I wanted to take up guitar because playing piano is a little harder. Carrying a keyboard around is harder, and finding a real piano is much harder, and I wanted to play live more, so I figured a guitar would be easier to carry around.
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When you’re an adult, things mellow out. I think when you’re a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I’m becoming a stereotype, but it’s what I want to eat. I want to eat rice.
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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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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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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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