I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
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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I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
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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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When you love someone and care about them, you want what’s best for them, and it’s always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren’t what’s best for them, how hard you try.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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When you’re doing something you’re not used to, you kind of realize that you’re still a kid: even though the whole world around you sees you as an adult and you’re expected to act like an adult, you still haven’t actually grown up.
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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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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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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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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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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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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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When you’re an adult, things mellow out. I think when you’re a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.
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