I think it’s our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we’re able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn’s case, we as artists somehow made it ‘cool’ enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over.
MITSKIEverything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.
More Mitski Quotes
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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 always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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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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Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.
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I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
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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 would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.
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If I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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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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On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I’m becoming a stereotype, but it’s what I want to eat. I want to eat rice.
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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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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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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 have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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