I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
MITSKIOftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
More Mitski Quotes
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I feel like I’ve always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.
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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 set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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It’s nice to know there’s a big world with many perspectives. I tend to get so stuck in my own small world easily, and going out into the world reminds me that I’m not the center of the world – in a good way.
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Maybe this is a made-up belief to preserve myself, but I do believe that everyone has a purpose, and my purpose is to put out music that means something.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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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 remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in ‘Teardrops On My Guitar,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t this song great?’ And everyone was like, ‘Who’s Taylor Swift?’ And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
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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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