If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
MITSKII really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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I’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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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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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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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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There’s this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we’re supposed to hate each other, and that’s totally not productive.
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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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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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