Michelle Zauner : (4) " One thing that I’ve always tried to do is create lifts – the moment that you have a rush of feelings. That’s always something that I’m trying to communicate in music, and particularly the style of music that I write for Japanese Breakfast: I’m always trying to build things up into each other. " - Michelle Zauner " A lot of cookbooks also have incredible food writing, even though I feel like a lot of cookbook authors don’t necessarily identify with being writers. " - Michelle Zauner " I only wanted to play the guitar so I could write music. As soon as I learned my first three chords I wrote my first song. It was just a tool to get me to be able to do the thing that I wanted to do. " - Michelle Zauner " I’ve always felt like I needed to experience some type of anguish in order to feel productive as an artist. " - Michelle Zauner