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.
MITSKIWith solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There’s nothing that’s set.
More Mitski Quotes
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Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
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I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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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’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 can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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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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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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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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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’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.
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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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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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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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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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