It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
MITSKIIt’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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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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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I’m becoming a stereotype, but it’s what I want to eat. I want to eat rice.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music.
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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
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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’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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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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