Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
MITSKII don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
More Mitski Quotes
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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 could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
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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 don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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I think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
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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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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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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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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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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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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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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’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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