I think that I have come at it backwards in a way because a lot of what I'm doing as a songwriter is not incredibly intentional. There's a moment tha…

- Mirah

Sometimes I joke around that if I weren't a musician, I would be a power lifter. I don't think people expect it from me because I'm little.

- Mirah

So when you're talking about lyrics in the context of music, it's not just about what the words mean, and what you were thinking about when you wrote…

- Mirah

I know that a lot of songwriters write about a break up. It's a really popular topic. I think heartbreak is the number one thing people write about. …

- Mirah

Writing a song is almost like cheating-writing because you don't have to finish your sentences, you don't have to use any punctuation, no one's going…

- Mirah

You're born and then you're on your own, you start having relationships, you're developing relationships to the world and your wider community, and t…

- Mirah

My identity is mostly as a songwriter and lyricist and singer. I also have a lot of production ideas but I have my own limitations in terms of what i…

- Mirah

I think that there is a purity aesthetic, like "I just make art because I'm an artist and I can't help it. I don't care what the critics say." But di…

- Mirah

I do feel songwriting is a bit of its own creature and the writerliness of it...it's freeing. It's good for people who have an innate resistance to a…

- Mirah