I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
MITSKII think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
More Mitski Quotes
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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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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 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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On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I’m becoming a stereotype, but it’s what I want to eat. I want to eat rice.
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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.
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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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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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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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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 created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
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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 think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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I think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
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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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I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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