I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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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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 lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
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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 think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
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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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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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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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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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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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I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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