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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

Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
MITSKI

Good Inspiration Tour Writing
I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
MITSKI

Artist Gonna Hate Opinion Other Record
I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art.
MITSKI

Eat Go Healthy Out Properly Regimented Sleep Stay Try Work
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
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.
MITSKI

Drink Jib Other Suppose Think Tour Whisky Work
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

Alone Happiness Maintain Obsessed Think Try
When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
MITSKI

Believe Like Lot Make Media Music Social Something Start
I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
MITSKI

Everyone Musical Musician Want
I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
MITSKI

Anyone Ask Assume Been Hobby Offend Strangely Time Whether
I’m not an innovator.
MITSKI

Innovator Not
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
Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
MITSKI

Anything Anywhere Belong Felt Grow Lot Moved My Own Really Up
I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
MITSKI

Attain Country Culture Dream Enter Inherited never Something
I don’t want to be elitist.
MITSKI

Be Elitist Want To
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.
MITSKI

Being Country Crisis First Few Identity Long Major never One Place Stay Year
On one hand, I think it’s very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it’s not talked about, then we won’t progress.
MITSKI

Gender Hand Important One Progress Race Ralk Very

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