When you’re young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
MITSKII guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
More Mitski Quotes
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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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.
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I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music.
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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’ve been very careful to always make clear that I am a real person. That’s why I’m on social media a lot.
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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 have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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It’s nice to know there’s a big world with many perspectives. I tend to get so stuck in my own small world easily, and going out into the world reminds me that I’m not the center of the world – in a good way.
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On tour, I don’t drink, because I don’t think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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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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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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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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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.
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