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.
MITSKII 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.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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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 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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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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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 know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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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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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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