I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
MITSKII can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
More Mitski Quotes
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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 tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.
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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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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 discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
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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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I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music.
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I couldn’t wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn’t actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don’t really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that’s what I wanted to do.
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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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A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn’t like that for me. I didn’t think of it as a job or a career – it was just something that was constant.
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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 try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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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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