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.
MITSKII’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.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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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You can never learn enough about music.
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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’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 don’t want to be elitist.
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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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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 ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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I was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.
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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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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in ‘Teardrops On My Guitar,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t this song great?’ And everyone was like, ‘Who’s Taylor Swift?’ And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.
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