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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’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 have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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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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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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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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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There’s this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we’re supposed to hate each other, and that’s totally not productive.
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On one hand, I think it’s very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it’s not talked about, then we won’t progress.
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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.
MITSKI

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Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they’re still musicians, and they’re still making art.
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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.
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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 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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