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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.

Mitski

My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
MITSKI

Compulsive Lot Obsessive Personality Very
I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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Art Artist Being Little Make People Realize Think
I think it’s our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we’re able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn’s case, we as artists somehow made it ‘cool’ enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over.
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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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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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Insular Precious Record Thing Very When
I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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Country Listen Love River See Think Would
Often I’ve had problems automatically bending to a lover’s will, becoming what I know they want me to be. Immediately, I learn all the music they love, listen to it, study it, instead of being like, ‘This is what I love!’
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Automatical Become Bend Immediately Lover Often Problem Want
I don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
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Anything Care Emotion Expres Make Music Nostalgic
People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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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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I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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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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Anything Exist Ideology Important Material Me Reflective Song
I really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
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I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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Abroad Communities Insular International Life Love Most
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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