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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 don’t think I’m alone in this: I’m obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.
MITSKI

Alone Happiness Maintain Obsessed Think Try
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.
MITSKI

Grow Important Made Matter More Objective Process Subjective Think Try Way
I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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Everyone Musical Musician Want
I think music is supposed to be shared.
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Music Share Suppose Think
I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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Cross Finger Hope Musician Whole Writer
Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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Like Music Say Someone Something
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.
MITSKI

Around Form Identity Know Think Whole
I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art.
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Eat Go Healthy Out Properly Regimented Sleep Stay Try Work
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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Artist Gonna Hate Opinion Other Record
I don’t want to be elitist.
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Be Elitist Want To
If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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Belong Crisis Even Found Identity Itself Place
When you’re doing something you’re not used to, you kind of realize that you’re still a kid: even though the whole world around you sees you as an adult and you’re expected to act like an adult, you still haven’t actually grown up.
MITSKI

Adult Doing Expect Growth Kid Kind Realize Something Still
All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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All Feel Like Seriously Taken Time
I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
MITSKI

Belong Came Country Create Either Idea Realise
It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
MITSKI

Actually Change Compeletely Different Feel Force Sing Sound Style Unnatural
With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There’s nothing that’s set.
MITSKI

Completer Control List Over Set Show Solo

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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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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