I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
MITSKII didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
More Mitski Quotes
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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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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
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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 took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.
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You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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On tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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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 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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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 would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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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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