I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
MITSKII’m punk, but I love gold.
More Mitski Quotes
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On one hand, I think it’s very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it’s not talked about, then we won’t progress.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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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 could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
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I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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I’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
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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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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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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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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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When you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
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I don’t really listen to pop-country, but I like really, really old country that’s closer to folk. Like Johnny Cash, who is considered country.
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When you love someone and care about them, you want what’s best for them, and it’s always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren’t what’s best for them, how hard you try.
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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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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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