I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
MITSKII’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
More Mitski Quotes
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I was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.
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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.
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I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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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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I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.
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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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Then you start to realise, ‘Oh, I’m bending a lot,’ and they’re just standing there existing, and I’m bending around them. But you can’t blame them: they don’t realise it; that’s just how they already existed. It’s hard.
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I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.
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I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
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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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