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.
MITSKII don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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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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Maybe this is a made-up belief to preserve myself, but I do believe that everyone has a purpose, and my purpose is to put out music that means something.
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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in ‘Teardrops On My Guitar,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t this song great?’ And everyone was like, ‘Who’s Taylor Swift?’ And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.
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I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
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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 really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
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I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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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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I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
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