What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
MITSKII discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
More Mitski Quotes
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When you’re an adult, things mellow out. I think when you’re a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.
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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 music is supposed to be shared.
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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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On tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
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When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
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I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
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I’m not an innovator.
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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 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 don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
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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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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
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