I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
MITSKII’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
More Mitski Quotes
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I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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When you’re doing something you’re not used to, you kind of realize that you’re still a kid: even though the whole world around you sees you as an adult and you’re expected to act like an adult, you still haven’t actually grown up.
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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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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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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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On tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
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When you’re an adult, things mellow out. I think when you’re a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.
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Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they’re still musicians, and they’re still making art.
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I don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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If I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.
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