I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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.
More Mitski Quotes
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It’s nice to know there’s a big world with many perspectives. I tend to get so stuck in my own small world easily, and going out into the world reminds me that I’m not the center of the world – in a good way.
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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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.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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I was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don’t know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time.
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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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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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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself.
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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’ve stopped wanting a home, I think, because I’ve been on tour all my life, basically.
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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 don’t set out to write something. I more just write, and later on, I discover what it’s about.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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