When you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
MITSKII have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
More Mitski Quotes
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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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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I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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I wanted to take up guitar because playing piano is a little harder. Carrying a keyboard around is harder, and finding a real piano is much harder, and I wanted to play live more, so I figured a guitar would be easier to carry around.
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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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When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
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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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You can never learn enough about music.
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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 can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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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 know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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