I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
MITSKII really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.
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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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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 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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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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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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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 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 understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music.
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When you are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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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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Then you start to realise, ‘Oh, I’m bending a lot,’ and they’re just standing there existing, and I’m bending around them. But you can’t blame them: they don’t realise it; that’s just how they already existed. It’s hard.
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