Maybe this is a made-up belief to preserve myself, but I do believe that everyone has a purpose, and my purpose is to put out music that means something.
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More Mitski Quotes
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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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I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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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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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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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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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 don’t want to be elitist.
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I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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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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