Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
MITSKISometimes 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.
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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When you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
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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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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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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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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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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 I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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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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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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I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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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.
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Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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