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.
MITSKII don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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 didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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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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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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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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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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In my first few years of being in New York, I had a major identity crisis because I’d never stayed in one place for so long.
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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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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 hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
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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 don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
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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 don’t want to be elitist.
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I’m not an innovator.
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