What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
MITSKII’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
More Mitski Quotes
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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 can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
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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 don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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My personality’s very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate 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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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 tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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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 have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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I’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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I don’t think I’m alone in this: I’m obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.
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