Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
MITSKIWhenever 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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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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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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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.
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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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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’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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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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I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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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’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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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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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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I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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