I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
MITSKII always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
More Mitski Quotes
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You can never learn enough about music.
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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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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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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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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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I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
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I don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot.
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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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On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I’m becoming a stereotype, but it’s what I want to eat. I want to eat rice.
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If I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.
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I’m not an innovator.
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I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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