You can never learn enough about music.
MITSKIWhen you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
More Mitski Quotes
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I don’t think I’m alone in this: I’m obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.
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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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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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I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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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.
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I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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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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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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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’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 I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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Sometimes when I perform, and it’s obvious the audience is just there to party, or if I feel a wall between me and the audience, I get existential about it.
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