I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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Often I’ve had problems automatically bending to a lover’s will, becoming what I know they want me to be. Immediately, I learn all the music they love, listen to it, study it, instead of being like, ‘This is what I love!’
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I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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I tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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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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I feel like I’ve always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.
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You can never learn enough about music.
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
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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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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 think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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