There’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.
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More Mitski Quotes
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I’m not an innovator.
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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I’m punk, but I love gold.
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You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you’re okay with who you are or where you came from.
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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 don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
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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 couldn’t wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn’t actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don’t really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that’s what I wanted to do.
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You can never learn enough about music.
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Sometimes when I perform, and it’s obvious the audience is just there to party, or if I feel a wall between me and the audience, I get existential about it.
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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 would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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