I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
MITSKII discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
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!’
MITSKIMy father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
MITSKII’m not an innovator.
MITSKII’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
MITSKII think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
MITSKII always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
MITSKII think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
MITSKII hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
MITSKIThere’s this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we’re supposed to hate each other, and that’s totally not productive.
MITSKIWhat’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
MITSKII don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
MITSKIPeople started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
MITSKIMiyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
MITSKII don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
MITSKIWith 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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