I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
MITSKII think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
MITSKIYou always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
MITSKIOn 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.
MITSKIIt would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
MITSKII don’t really listen to pop-country, but I like really, really old country that’s closer to folk. Like Johnny Cash, who is considered country.
MITSKIMy personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
MITSKII didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
MITSKII don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
MITSKII think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
MITSKIWhen I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
MITSKII think music is supposed to be shared.
MITSKITour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
MITSKIGrowing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
MITSKII understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music.
MITSKII have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
MITSKII actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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