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.
MITSKII’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
More Mitski Quotes
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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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I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music.
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I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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When I record, it’s this very precious and insular thing.
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I don’t want to be elitist.
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Tour isn’t good for writing, but it’s good for inspiration.
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I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
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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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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.
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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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Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
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I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
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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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