I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
MITSKII’m punk, but I love gold.
More Mitski Quotes
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I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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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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You can never learn enough about music.
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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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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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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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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 have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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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 think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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I really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
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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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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 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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