I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
MITSKIWhen someone is a musician – trying to make a living off being a public figure – it’s really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn’t have a personal life.
More Mitski Quotes
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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 don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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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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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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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 guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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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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I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
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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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In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I’d never stayed in one place for so long.
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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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I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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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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