I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
MITSKII always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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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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What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
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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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With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There’s nothing that’s set.
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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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I have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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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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I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
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