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.
MITSKIMy personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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If I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.
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You can never learn enough about music.
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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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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 my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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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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I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
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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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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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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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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 don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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