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.
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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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 wanted to take up guitar because playing piano is a little harder. Carrying a keyboard around is harder, and finding a real piano is much harder, and I wanted to play live more, so I figured a guitar would be easier to carry around.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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You can never learn enough about music.
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Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they’re still musicians, and they’re still making art.
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On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I’m becoming a stereotype, but it’s what I want to eat. I want to eat rice.
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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
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With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There’s nothing that’s set.
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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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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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I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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