I think music is supposed to be shared.
MITSKII created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
More Mitski Quotes
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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I wanted to take up guitar because playing piano is a little harder. Carrying a keyboard around is harder, and finding a real piano is much harder, and I wanted to play live more, so I figured a guitar would be easier to carry around.
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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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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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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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Sometimes when I perform, and it’s obvious the audience is just there to party, or if I feel a wall between me and the audience, I get existential about it.
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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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I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.
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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.
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I tend to kind of try to use what’s in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don’t already have.
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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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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’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
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I don’t think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.
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