I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
MITSKIWhat’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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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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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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On tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
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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.
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When someone is a musician – trying to make a living off being a public figure – it’s really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn’t have a personal life.
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When you are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.
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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.
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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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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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Often I’ve had problems automatically bending to a lover’s will, becoming what I know they want me to be. Immediately, I learn all the music they love, listen to it, study it, instead of being like, ‘This is what I love!’
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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.
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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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