I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
MITSKII 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.
More Mitski Quotes
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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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It’s nice to know there’s a big world with many perspectives. I tend to get so stuck in my own small world easily, and going out into the world reminds me that I’m not the center of the world – in a good way.
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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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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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I don’t think I’m alone in this: I’m obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.
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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
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I tend to not want to do that anymore. It’s not even that I don’t like it anymore: it’s that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.
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I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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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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When you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
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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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I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
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I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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