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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More Mitski Quotes
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I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual 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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In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I’d never stayed in one place for so long.
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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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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 created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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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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You can never learn enough about music.
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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’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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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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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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