I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
MITSKII was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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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 think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
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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 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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On tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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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 always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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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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You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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I don’t think I’m alone in this: I’m obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.
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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 know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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