Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they're still musicians,… — Mitski Copy Share Image
Maybe this is a made-up belief to preserve myself, but I do believe that everyone has a purpose, and my purpose is… — Mitski Copy Share Image
When someone is a musician - trying to make a living off being a public figure - it's really easy for people… — Mitski Copy Share Image
What's important to me is that my songs can exist without any material anything. It's very reflective of my ideology. — Mitski Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a musician's musician. I want to be an everyone's musician. — Mitski Copy Share Image
I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks. — Mitski Copy Share Image
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… — Mitski Copy Share Image
A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn't… — Mitski Copy Share Image
I couldn't wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn't actually know what I wanted to do with… — Mitski Copy Share Image
I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I… — Mitski Copy Share Image
I think what's hard for me is not that I don't get downtime to chill, it's that I don't get time to… — Mitski Copy Share Image
My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my… — Mitski Copy Share Image
Often I've had problems automatically bending to a lover's will, becoming what I know they want me to be. Immediately, I learn… — Mitski Copy Share Image
The whole 'grunge-girl' comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed. — Mitski Copy Share Image
I don't care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be… — Mitski Copy Share Image
I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in 'Teardrops On My Guitar,'… — Mitski Copy Share Image
I always have strong urges to sabotage myself. Whenever someone says they like something about my music, I tend to not want… — Mitski Copy Share Image
When I started making music, I was like, 'This is something I can believe I was meant to do.' — Mitski Copy Share Image
Honestly, in the music business, it's all about being cool or being the newest thing or being the 'It' person, and I've… — Mitski Copy Share Image
Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it,… — Mitski Copy Share Image
I'd always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there's a… — Mitski Copy Share Image
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… — Mitski Copy Share Image
I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I'm from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion. — Mitski Copy Share Image
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… — Mitski Copy Share Image
I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, 'I love this place.' — Mitski Copy Share Image
On tour, I don't drink, because I don't think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky. — Mitski Copy Share Image
When someone is a musician - trying to make a living off being a public figure - it's really easy for people to see… — Mitski Copy Share Image
If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me. — Mitski Copy Share Image
