People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
MITSKIAll I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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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.
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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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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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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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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
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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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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 think music is supposed to be shared.
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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 feel like I’ve always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.
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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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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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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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