Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
MITSKII hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
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There’s this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we’re supposed to hate each other, and that’s totally not productive.
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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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In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I’d never stayed in one place for so long.
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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 could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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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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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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You can never learn enough about music.
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When you are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.
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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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