All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
MITSKITour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
More Mitski Quotes
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In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I’d never stayed in one place for so long.
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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 can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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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 remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in ‘Teardrops On My Guitar,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t this song great?’ And everyone was like, ‘Who’s Taylor Swift?’ And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.
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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’m not an innovator.
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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 don’t really listen to pop-country, but I like really, really old country that’s closer to folk. Like Johnny Cash, who is considered country.
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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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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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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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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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I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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