When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
MITSKIWhen I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
MITSKIOn tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
MITSKII 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.
MITSKII 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.
MITSKII guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
MITSKII think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
MITSKII think music is supposed to be shared.
MITSKIMy father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
MITSKIYou always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
MITSKIOften 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!’
MITSKIOn tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I’m becoming a stereotype, but it’s what I want to eat. I want to eat rice.
MITSKII’m not an innovator.
MITSKII 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.
MITSKIOftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
MITSKII 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.
MITSKIThe whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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