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.
MITSKITour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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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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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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
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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.
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I think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
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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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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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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 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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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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I really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
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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.
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