When someone is a musician – trying to make a living off being a public figure – it’s really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn’t have a personal life.
MITSKII would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
More Mitski Quotes
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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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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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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When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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When you’re doing something you’re not used to, you kind of realize that you’re still a kid: even though the whole world around you sees you as an adult and you’re expected to act like an adult, you still haven’t actually grown up.
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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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When you love someone and care about them, you want what’s best for them, and it’s always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren’t what’s best for them, how hard you try.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.
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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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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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