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I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.

Mitski

I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
MITSKI

Always Anywhere Country Fit Grew Survive Up
I 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.
MITSKI

Closer Country Folk Listen Old Pop Really
I’m punk, but I love gold.
MITSKI

Gold Punk Love
I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
MITSKI

Call Girl Intense One People Those Was
All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
MITSKI

Al Do Karaoke People Person Sing Want
I don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
MITSKI

Anything Care Emotion Expres Make Music Nostalgic
What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
MITSKI

Anything Exist Ideology Important Material Me Reflective Song
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.
MITSKI

Ability Already Best Environment Out Seek Tenda Thing Try Use
Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
MITSKI

Decision Important Into Make Most Much Often One Put Times
I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
MITSKI

Actual Art Blind Ego Get Kind Make Something Think Way
People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
MITSKI

Being Call People Specific Start Treat Way
Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.
MITSKI

Could Just Me Mine Music One Put Thing
I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
MITSKI

Creativity Fiction Have Kind Think Write
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.
MITSKI

Artist Brand Feel Human Icon Like Make Many Music Musician Non So Sometimes Understand
Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
MITSKI

Always Chaostic Dirty Everything Felt Messy So World
What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.
MITSKI

Another Female Mukttilayer Problem Sgrink Symbol Token

I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.

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