When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
MITSKII can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
More Mitski Quotes
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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 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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As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
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I think what’s hard for me is not that I don’t get downtime to chill, it’s that I don’t get time to make music.
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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.
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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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I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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When someone is a musician – trying to make a living off being a public figure – it’s really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn’t have a personal life.
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I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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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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