I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
MITSKII don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
More Mitski Quotes
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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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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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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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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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’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 don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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I tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.
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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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I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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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 didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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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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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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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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