Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
MITSKIIn 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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I’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
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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.
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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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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 hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There’s nothing that’s set.
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If I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.
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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.
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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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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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