I’m punk, but I love gold.
MITSKII don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
More Mitski Quotes
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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 feel like I’ve always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.
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When you’re doing something you’re not used to, you kind of realize that you’re still a kid: even though the whole world around you sees you as an adult and you’re expected to act like an adult, you still haven’t actually grown up.
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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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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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I think it’s very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.
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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.
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I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
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Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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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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You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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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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What’s important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It’s very reflective of my ideology.
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