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.
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 would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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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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I really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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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 lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
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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 always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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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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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 don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
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