Mitski

When I record, it's this very precious and insular thing.

— Mitski

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

The whole 'grunge-girl' comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.

— Mitski

I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record... that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.

— Mitski

I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.

— Mitski

I don't care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be…

— Mitski

I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in 'Teardrops On My Guitar,'…

— Mitski

I don't think I have the kind of creativity to write fiction.

— Mitski

Everything is so chaotic and messy in the world, and I have always felt kind of dirty.

— Mitski

I've stopped wanting a home, I think, because I've been on tour all my life, basically.

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It's very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.

— Mitski

As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be…

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It's nice to know there's a big world with many perspectives. I tend to get so stuck in my own small world…

— Mitski

I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not…

— Mitski

I don't really listen to pop-country, but I like really, really old country that's closer to folk. Like Johnny Cash, who is…

— Mitski

When you're an adult, things mellow out. I think when you're a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending,…

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I always have strong urges to sabotage myself. Whenever someone says they like something about my music, I tend to not want…

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I think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that's important in the process of…

— Mitski

When I started making music, I was like, 'This is something I can believe I was meant to do.'

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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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Sometimes when I perform, and it's obvious the audience is just there to party, or if I feel a wall between me…

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I don't think 'bleak' is a bad thing.

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On one hand, I think it's very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it's not talked about,…

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All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.

— Mitski

When you are a minority, it's your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work.…

— Mitski