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.
MITSKI- I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
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I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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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 don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
MITSKII don’t want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
MITSKII think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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I think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
MITSKII think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
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I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
MITSKII guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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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.
MITSKII 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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When you are a minority, it’s your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.
MITSKIWhen 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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When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
MITSKIWhen I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
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Things seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
MITSKIThings seem to take so much longer for me to do. I have to say things 10 times instead of once. I have to knock on 10 different doors instead of two. For everything.
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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.
MITSKII’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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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.
MITSKIIn 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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I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.
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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
MITSKII always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
MITSKII know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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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.
MITSKIYou 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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