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I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’

Mitski

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 music is supposed to be shared.
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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 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.
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I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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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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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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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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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.
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Also Came From Heartbroken Okay Realize Relationship
I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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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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I think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
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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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In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I’d never stayed in one place for so long.
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I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’

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