I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
MITSKIIt’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
More Mitski Quotes
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You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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I’m not an innovator.
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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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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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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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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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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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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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It’s nice to know there’s a big world with many perspectives. I tend to get so stuck in my own small world easily, and going out into the world reminds me that I’m not the center of the world – in a good way.
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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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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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When you’re an adult, things mellow out. I think when you’re a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.
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