I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
MITSKII’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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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You can never learn enough about music.
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When you’re doing something you’re not used to, you kind of realize that you’re still a kid: even though the whole world around you sees you as an adult and you’re expected to act like an adult, you still haven’t actually grown up.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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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 think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art.
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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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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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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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When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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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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When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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