Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
MITSKII hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.
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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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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.
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I was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.
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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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Then you start to realise, ‘Oh, I’m bending a lot,’ and they’re just standing there existing, and I’m bending around them. But you can’t blame them: they don’t realise it; that’s just how they already existed. It’s hard.
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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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When you love someone and care about them, you want what’s best for them, and it’s always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren’t what’s best for them, how hard you try.
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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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When someone is a musician – trying to make a living off being a public figure – it’s really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn’t have a personal life.
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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.
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