I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
MITSKIIt’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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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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If I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
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When someone is a musician – trying to make a living off being a public figure – it’s really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn’t have a personal life.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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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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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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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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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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