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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.

Mitski

What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.
MITSKI

Another Female Mukttilayer Problem Sgrink Symbol Token
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.
MITSKI

Actually Get Know Myself Once Out School Wait Want
My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
MITSKI

Compulsive Lot Obsessive Personality Very
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.
MITSKI

Adult End Everything Mellow Out Sad Teenager Thing Think Worth
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.
MITSKI

Alone Happiness Maintain Obsessed Think Try
I tend to not want to do that anymore. It’s not even that I don’t like it anymore: it’s that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.
MITSKI

Anymore Dislike Even Keep Me People Tend Try Way
My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
MITSKI

Around Artist Counties Father Folk Hink Music Obesess Perform World
I don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
MITSKI

Anything Care Emotion Expres Make Music Nostalgic
I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
MITSKI

Also Camp Country Neither Want White
All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
MITSKI

Al Do Karaoke People Person Sing Want
When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
MITSKI

Feel Finally Like Myself Onstage Perform Want Way
Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
MITSKI

Decision Important Into Make Most Much Often One Put Times
I’m not an innovator.
MITSKI

Innovator Not
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.
MITSKI

Also Came From Heartbroken Okay Realize Relationship
I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
MITSKI

Can Dance Guess Move Playful Say Serious Too Twist
I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
MITSKI

Basically Been Home Life Stop Think Tour Want

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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