Mitski

Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they're still musicians,…

— Mitski

I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I'm from. It might even be that I find comfort in…

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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…

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I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, 'I love this place.'

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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.

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I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.

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I think it's very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.

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On tour, I don't drink, because I don't think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink…

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I'm punk, but I love gold.

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When someone is a musician - trying to make a living off being a public figure - it's really easy for people…

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If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.

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I think people don't realize how little of being an artist is making art.

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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.

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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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I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn't last; I just learned piano from doing it over and…

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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…

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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…

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I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn't identify as that before I came here.…

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You can never learn enough about music.

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I don't want to be a musician's musician. I want to be an everyone's musician.

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When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to... I finally feel like myself.

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On tour, people know that if they ever ask me what I want to eat, I will always say Asian food. I'm…

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I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there's more people in the audience than I'm used to.

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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…

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I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.

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