Anais Mitchell – HuffPost 2.29.12

Mike Ragogna: Anais, what advice do you have for new artists?

Anais Mitchell: Hmm…as an artist, I don’t believe you “find your voice” and then just get to keep it. I think it changes and you have to keep searching for it and that it requires constant vigilance to be true to it, whatever it is in this exact moment, which is a beautiful idea for the new artist because it kind of levels the playing field. You could be writing your very first song and tap into that thing that the person writing their hundredth song is having a hard time accessing. Also, I’d say the ego and the business of music–which is so trying for the ego–are powerfully corruptive, and we gotta be vigilant about that too. It’s so easy to forget that music feels good. It should feel good!