Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
MITSKIIt’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.
More Mitski Quotes
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As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
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I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.
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It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
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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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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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You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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I’m not an innovator.
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I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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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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When you’re an adult, things mellow out. I think when you’re a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.
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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 know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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