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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere. Mitski

Own My Own Never Like Felt Lot Up Moved Anything Anywhere Really Growing Growing Up Belonged

A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn't like that for me. I didn't think of it as a job or a career - it was just something that was constant. Mitski

Music Me Musicians Job Think Constant About Something Like Talk Always How Were Lot Just Wanted Just Something Start Career

You can never learn enough about music. Mitski

Music You Enough About Never Learn

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. Mitski

Few Own Keyboard Took Kid My Own Piano Piano Lessons Over House Learned Because Always Doing Friends Just Many Lessons Last

I didn't fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive, I created this 'ideal America.' Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, 'Oh, I don't belong here, either.' Mitski

Finally Ideal Always Came Fit Up Survive America American Oh Grew Either Realised Anywhere To Survive Created Belong Here

I think what's hard for me is not that I don't get downtime to chill, it's that I don't get time to make music. Mitski

Music Time Me Chill Think Make Get Hard Downtime

I don't set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it's about. Mitski

Later Out About Something More Write Discover Just Set

I'm so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head. Mitski

Good Smart Head Am Doing Math Quickly Really

I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music. Mitski

Music You Musicians People Sometimes Kind Some Feel Like Make Because Understand Brands Listen Artists Order Icon Many

I don't want to be a musician's musician. I want to be an everyone's musician. Mitski

Everyone Musician Want

Tour isn't good for writing, but it's good for inspiration. Mitski

Good Writing Inspiration Tour

As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent. Mitski

Woman Better Everybody Considered Percent Color Always Than Room Competent

I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions. Mitski

About Institutions Accepted Being Acknowledged Thing

When someone is a musician - trying to make a living off being a public figure - it's really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn't have a personal life. Mitski

I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed. Mitski

Life Hope Musician Crossed Fingers Writer Whole

On one hand, I think it's very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it's not talked about, then we won't progress. What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist. Mitski

Me Problem Progress Gender Important Think About Instead Talk Talked Another Because Female Becomes Hand Very Artist Form Race Asian Then Shrinking Symbol

I guess you can say I 'do the Twist.' I like playful dance moves that aren't too serious. Mitski

You Dance Too Guess Say Like Moves Serious Twist Playful

You always want what you can't have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born, I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained. Mitski

Day You Culture White Enter Dream All-American Born Something Could Attained Never Instead Always Want Inherited Thing

I think music is supposed to be shared. Mitski

Music Think Shared Supposed

When you love someone and care about them, you want what's best for them, and it's always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren't what's best for them, how hard you try. Mitski

Love Best You Try Care About Someone Always How Maybe The Hardest Thing Want Them Realize Hard Hardest Hardest Thing Thing

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. Mitski

Time Creative Opportunities Job Thought Logic Some Following More Had Major Know Because Impression Reason Film

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

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