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.
MITSKII think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
More Mitski Quotes
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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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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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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.
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On one hand, I think it’s very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it’s not talked about, then we won’t progress.
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Maybe this is a made-up belief to preserve myself, but I do believe that everyone has a purpose, and my purpose is to put out music that means something.
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Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they’re still musicians, and they’re still making art.
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All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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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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