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I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.

Mitski

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 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.
MITSKI

Actually Get Know Myself Once Out School Wait Want
I think it’s our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we’re able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn’s case, we as artists somehow made it ‘cool’ enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over.
MITSKI

Able Artist Communities Fight Our Reason Responsibility Think
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
You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you’re okay with who you are or where you came from.
MITSKI

Also Came From Heartbroken Okay Realize Relationship
I really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
MITSKI

Car Feel Guilty Like Listen Music Over Pop Proud Really Super Top
As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
MITSKI

Always Better Color Competent Consider Everybody Fifty Hundred Percent Room Woman
My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
MITSKI

Around Artist Counties Father Folk Hink Music Obesess Perform World
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
MITSKI

Doing Good Head Math Quickly Relly Smart
I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
MITSKI

Always Haven Myself String Urge
I think music is supposed to be shared.
MITSKI

Music Share Suppose Think
I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
MITSKI

Conveniently Emotion Fade Memory Overwhelming Photographic Thing Very
I’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
MITSKI

Been Careful Clear Lit Make Media Person Real Social Very
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
I think what’s hard for me is not that I don’t get downtime to chill, it’s that I don’t get time to make music.
MITSKI

Chill Downtime Hard Make Music Think
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.
MITSKI

Brought Course High Honor Music Remember School Took Year

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