I’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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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I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
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On one hand, I think it’s very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it’s not talked about, then we won’t progress.
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When you’re an adult, things mellow out. I think when you’re a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.
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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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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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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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Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
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I don’t think I’m alone in this: I’m obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.
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I think music is supposed to be shared.
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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 have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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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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When you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
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