Sometimes when I perform, and it’s obvious the audience is just there to party, or if I feel a wall between me and the audience, I get existential about it.
MITSKII have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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You can never learn enough about music.
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I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.
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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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I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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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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I feel like I’ve always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn’t like that for me. I didn’t think of it as a job or a career – it was just something that was constant.
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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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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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