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I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.

Mitski

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.
MITSKI

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I 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.
MITSKI

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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
MITSKI

Abroad Communities Insular International Life Love Most
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.
MITSKI

Do Few Kid Last Lesson Over Own Piano Took
I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
MITSKI

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I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.
MITSKI

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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 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.
MITSKI

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When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
MITSKI

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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.
MITSKI

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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
MITSKI

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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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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 always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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