I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
MITSKIThere’s this myth that women are supposed to compete with each other or something, or we’re supposed to hate each other, and that’s totally not productive.
More Mitski Quotes
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I don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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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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Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.
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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
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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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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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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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I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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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 have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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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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I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
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I really like The Cars. They’re just so over the top and super pop, but I don’t feel guilty. I’m proud of all the music I listen to.
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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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