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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More Mitski Quotes
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I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in ‘Teardrops On My Guitar,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t this song great?’ And everyone was like, ‘Who’s Taylor Swift?’ And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.
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I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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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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A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn’t like that for me. I didn’t think of it as a job or a career – it was just something that was constant.
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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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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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I’m not an innovator.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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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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I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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