"“I write personal stories about relationships, and living in this world and being a human being…but I happen to live in a world which views me as an Asian American. So my experiences are tainted by that, even if I’m not conscious of it. Someone said ‘the personal is political’, where it seems like me just being honest about my experiences as a human being and as a person translates as being political about being an Asian American person. I’m not in this to be political or a social activist, it just happens that my being honest is a very political thing.”"
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Singer-songwriters from the United StatesGuitarists from the United StatesWomen guitaristsWomen singers from the United StatesIndie rock bands
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On how her Asian identity figures into her music in Mitski on being Asian American woman in the ...” in The Line of Best Fit (11 Jan 2016)
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