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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I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
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Maybe this is a made-up belief to preserve myself, but I do believe that everyone has a purpose, and my purpose is to put out music that means something.
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I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.
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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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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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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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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.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you’re okay with who you are or where you came from.
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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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What 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.
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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 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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