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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.

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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

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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
MITSKI

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I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
MITSKI

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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
MITSKI

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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.
MITSKI

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I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
MITSKI

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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.
MITSKI

Do Few Kid Last Lesson Over Own Piano Took
Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
MITSKI

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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.
MITSKI

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What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
MITSKI

Anything Exist Ideology Important Material Me Reflective Song
I 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.
MITSKI

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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
MITSKI

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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

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Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.
MITSKI

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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

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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.
MITSKI

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