It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
MITSKIWhat 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.
More Mitski Quotes
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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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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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A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn’t like that for me. I didn’t think of it as a job or a career – it was just something that was constant.
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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 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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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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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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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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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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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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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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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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