Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
MITSKII lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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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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When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
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What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.
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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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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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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 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 are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.
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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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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
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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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Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
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