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.
MITSKII’m Japanese, and I’m also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.
More Mitski Quotes
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Whenever someone says they like something about my music.
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I think people don’t realize how little of being an artist is making art.
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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 have a very conveniently photographic memory of emotions – it’s overwhelming, because things don’t fade for me.
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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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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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You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you’re okay with who you are or where you came from.
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I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.
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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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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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As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
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You can never learn enough about music.
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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 the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
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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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