On one hand, I think it’s very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it’s not talked about, then we won’t progress.
MITSKIMy personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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I think what’s hard for me is not that I don’t get downtime to chill, it’s that I don’t get time to make music.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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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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I’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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I tend to not want to do that anymore. It’s not even that I don’t like it anymore: it’s that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.
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I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art.
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