I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
MITSKIOn 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.
More Mitski Quotes
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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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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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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
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I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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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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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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If I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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I really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
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Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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