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.
MITSKIOften 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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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
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I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
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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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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 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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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.
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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 didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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I feel like I’ve always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.
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On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I’m becoming a stereotype, but it’s what I want to eat. I want to eat rice.
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When you love someone and care about them, you want what’s best for them, and it’s always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren’t what’s best for them, how hard you try.
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