I’m punk, but I love gold.
MITSKIYou can never learn enough about music.
More Mitski Quotes
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I tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.
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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 didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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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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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 don’t want to be elitist.
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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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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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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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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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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 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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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
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