Japanese - Musician | September 27, 1990 -
I don't think 'bleak' is a bad thing.
Mitski
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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.
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Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I've watched them since I was very young, and I've been greatly shaped by them.
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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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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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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.
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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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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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I don't think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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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.
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I don't want to be elitist.
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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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