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Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.

Mitski

I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.
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Do Few Kid Last Lesson Over Own Piano Took
When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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Feel Finally Like Myself Onstage Perform Want Way
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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Around Form Identity Know Think Whole
Then you start to realise, ‘Oh, I’m bending a lot,’ and they’re just standing there existing, and I’m bending around them. But you can’t blame them: they don’t realise it; that’s just how they already existed. It’s hard.
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Already Balme Bend Around Exist Hard Lot Realise Start
I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
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Audience Get People Play Pressure Show Think
Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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Decision Important Into Make Most Much Often One Put Times
I was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.
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Creative Film Job Major More Opportunity Reason Some Thought
Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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Anything Anywhere Belong Felt Grow Lot Moved My Own Really Up
Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.
MITSKI

Comunity Exist Ingratiate Myself Whenever Tried
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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Brain Control Entered Growth Influence Kid Out Thing Think
I’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
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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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Actually Change Compeletely Different Feel Force Sing Sound Style Unnatural
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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Always Been Death Fascinate Morbid Sound
I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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Actually Country Love Love Place Summer Tour Went When
My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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Around Artist Counties Father Folk Hink Music Obesess Perform World
On tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
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Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.

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