Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
MITSKII think it’s our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we’re able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn’s case, we as artists somehow made it ‘cool’ enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over.
More Mitski Quotes
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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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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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When I started making music, I was like, ‘This is something I can believe I was meant to do.’
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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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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 guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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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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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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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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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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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
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