I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
MITSKII 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.
More Mitski Quotes
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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I think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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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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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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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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Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
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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 guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
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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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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 lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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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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