I couldn’t wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn’t actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don’t really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that’s what I wanted to do.
MITSKIBeing an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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When you love someone and care about them, you want what’s best for them, and it’s always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren’t what’s best for them, how hard you try.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
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I’m not an innovator.
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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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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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When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.
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I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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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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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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