When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
MITSKIWhat’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
More Mitski Quotes
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I wanted to take up guitar because playing piano is a little harder. Carrying a keyboard around is harder, and finding a real piano is much harder, and I wanted to play live more, so I figured a guitar would be easier to carry around.
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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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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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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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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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When you are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.
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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 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 think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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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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On tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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I’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
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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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