All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
MITSKII 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.
More Mitski Quotes
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In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I’d never stayed in one place for so long.
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You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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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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There’s this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we’re supposed to hate each other, and that’s totally not productive.
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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.
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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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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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Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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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 always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
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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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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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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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