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Mitski
Mitski
Japanese Musician
Born: Sep 27, 1990
Because Me Music People Think You
Related authors: Ayumi Hamasaki Hiromi Uehara Ikue Mori Miyavi Namie Amuro OMI
I don't want to be a musician's musician. I want to be an everyone's musician. Mitski
Everyone Musician Want
Tour isn't good for writing, but it's good for inspiration. Mitski
Good Writing Inspiration Tour
As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent. Mitski
Woman Better Everybody Considered Percent Color Always Than Room Competent
I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions. Mitski
About Institutions Accepted Being Acknowledged Thing
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
Work You Job Think Other Drink Tour Supposed Because Get Any Whisky
When someone is a musician - trying to make a living off being a public figure - it's really easy for people to see me as a face on a screen that doesn't have a personal life. Mitski
Life Me People Face Personal Life Living Musician Easy See Someone Make Off Trying Personal Screen Being Public Public Figure Really Figure
I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed. Mitski
Life Hope Musician Crossed Fingers Writer Whole
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. What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist. Mitski
Me Problem Progress Gender Important Think About Instead Talk Talked Another Because Female Becomes Hand Very Artist Form Race Asian Then Shrinking Symbol
Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I've watched them since I was very young, and I've been greatly shaped by them. Mitski
Young Shaped Since Were Been Greatly Very Movies Them Watched Raised
I guess you can say I 'do the Twist.' I like playful dance moves that aren't too serious. Mitski
You Dance Too Guess Say Like Moves Serious Twist Playful
You always want what you can't have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born, I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained. Mitski
Day You Culture White Enter Dream All-American Born Something Could Attained Never Instead Always Want Inherited Thing
I think music is supposed to be shared. Mitski
Music Think Shared Supposed
When you love someone and care about them, you want what's best for them, and it's always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren't what's best for them, how hard you try. Mitski
Love Best You Try Care About Someone Always How Maybe The Hardest Thing Want Them Realize Hard Hardest Hardest Thing Thing
I was a film major because, for some reason, I thought that that was a creative job that had more job opportunities. I don't know what logic I was following, but that was my impression at the time. Mitski
Time Creative Opportunities Job Thought Logic Some Following More Had Major Know Because Impression Reason Film
I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art. Mitski
Art Good You Ego Think Way Kind Something Something Good Because Blinds Making Gets Your Actual
It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely. Mitski
Change Try Singing Style Unnatural Would Feel Forced Sound Different Actually
With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There's nothing that's set. Mitski
Work You Song Control Nothing Complete Solo Something Feel Over New Like Talk Audience List Just Different Want Shows Set
I've been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time. Mitski
Time Offended Assume Would Felt Been Hobby Anyone Whether Asked Strangely
My personality's very obsessive-compulsive. I tend to fixate a lot. Mitski
Personality Tend Lot Very
Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things. Mitski
You Become About Objective More Both Outsider Because Times Being Unhealthy Much Useful Things
My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences. Mitski
Music World Father Think Folk Folk Music Obsessed Countless Performed Around Artists Influences Biggest Them Who
When you are a minority, it's your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work. Then you start to realise, 'Oh, I'm bending a lot,' and they're just standing there existing, and I'm bending around them. But you can't blame them: they don't realise it; that's just how they already existed. It's hard. Mitski
Work Love You Blame Job Minority Bend Bending Someone Make Around How Existed Existing Lot Oh Just Want Realise Them Then Really Your Hard Standing Start
All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey. Mitski
Sing Want Karaoke Mariah Carey
I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in 'Teardrops On My Guitar,' and she was like, 'Isn't this song great?' And everyone was like, 'Who's Taylor Swift?' And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment. Mitski
Music Time Great Song Guitar Remember School Girl Year Every Every Time Took Everyone High Some High School Brought Like She Course Junior Junior Year Listen Taylor Taylor Swift Moment Swift Now
I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record... that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record. Mitski
Hate Other Record Opinions Going Artists Gonna
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 considered country. Mitski
Old Country Considered Folk Cash Johnny Johnny Cash Like Closer Listen Old Country Really Who
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