All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
MITSKII don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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When you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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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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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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 understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my 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 think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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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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Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.
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