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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’

Mitski

Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
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Greatly Movie Raise Shape Since Them Very Watch Young
When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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Insular Precious Record Thing Very When
If I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.
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Bring High Low Notes Really Some Somewhere Song Try Want
All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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Al Do Karaoke People Person Sing Want
I 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.
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Closer Country Folk Listen Old Pop Really
I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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Every Feel Privilege Resistance Such Turn
When you love someone and care about them, you want what’s best for them, and it’s always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren’t what’s best for them, how hard you try.
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Best Care Hard Love Realize Someone Them Try Want
On one hand, I think it’s very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it’s not talked about, then we won’t progress.
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Gender Hand Important One Progress Race Ralk Very
I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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Discover More Out Set Something Write
I feel like I’ve always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.
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Always Choose Feel Like Make One Place Stay Thing Travel Want
I think what’s hard for me is not that I don’t get downtime to chill, it’s that I don’t get time to make music.
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Chill Downtime Hard Make Music Think
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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Been Careful Clear Lit Make Media Person Real Social Very
I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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Abroad Communities Insular International Life Love Most
I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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Everyone Musical Musician Want
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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Everything Haven Ten Instead Knock Once Seem Thing Time
I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in ‘Teardrops On My Guitar,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t this song great?’ And everyone was like, ‘Who’s Taylor Swift?’ And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.
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Brought Course High Honor Music Remember School Took Year

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