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I tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.

Mitski

When you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
MITSKI

Get Indulge Morose Most One Serious Take Time Young Yourself
I don’t want to be elitist.
MITSKI

Be Elitist Want To
I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
MITSKI

Also Camp Country Neither Want White
I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
MITSKI

Audience Get People Play Pressure Show Think
I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
MITSKI

Came Care How Just Make Music Next Really
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 hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
MITSKI

Cross Finger Hope Musician Whole Writer
I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.
MITSKI

Always Been Death Fascinate Morbid Sound
I think music is supposed to be shared.
MITSKI

Music Share Suppose Think
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
I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
MITSKI

Creativity Fiction Have Kind Think Write
I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
MITSKI

Bad Bleak Thing Think
Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.
MITSKI

Comunity Exist Ingratiate Myself Whenever Tried
Sometimes when I perform, and it’s obvious the audience is just there to party, or if I feel a wall between me and the audience, I get existential about it.
MITSKI

Audience Between Existence Feel Just Obvious Party Perform Sometimes
I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
MITSKI

Artist Comfortable Dangerous Think Very
I’m not an innovator.
MITSKI

Innovator Not

I tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.

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