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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

I was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.
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Creative Film Job Major More Opportunity Reason Some Thought
I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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Compulsive Lot Obsessive Personality Very
I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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Bad Bleak Thing Think
In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I’d never stayed in one place for so long.
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Being Country Crisis First Few Identity Long Major never One Place Stay Year
When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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Insular Precious Record Thing Very When
Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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Good Inspiration Tour Writing
I don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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Accept Acknowledge Being Have Institution Thing
I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
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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.
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Brain Control Entered Growth Influence Kid Out Thing Think
I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
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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.
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Do Few Kid Last Lesson Over Own Piano Took
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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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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