Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.
MITSKIIt would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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Often I’ve had problems automatically bending to a lover’s will, becoming what I know they want me to be. Immediately, I learn all the music they love, listen to it, study it, instead of being like, ‘This is what I love!’
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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When you are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.
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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’m punk, but I love gold.
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You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you’re okay with who you are or where you came from.
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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 really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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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 created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
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