Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
MITSKII 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.
More Mitski Quotes
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I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in ‘Teardrops On My Guitar,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t this song great?’ And everyone was like, ‘Who’s Taylor Swift?’ And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.
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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 tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.
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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 couldn’t wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn’t actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don’t really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that’s what I wanted to do.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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 think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
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Maybe this is a made-up belief to preserve myself, but I do believe that everyone has a purpose, and my purpose is to put out music that means something.
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What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.
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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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Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
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You can never learn enough about music.
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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 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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