Japanese - Musician | September 27, 1990 -
When you're young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.
Mitski
TimeYourselfYouYoungSeriously
When I started making music, I was like, 'This is something I can believe I was meant to do.'
MusicBelieveI CanSomethingLike
Honestly, in the music business, it's all about being cool or being the newest thing or being the 'It' person, and I've tried really hard to be what is expected of me or what would be advantageous to my career, and I just reached the point where I said, 'No, I'm an emotional loser. I can't pretend to not care.'
BusinessMusicMeCoolCareLoser
I understand that, because there are so many musicians, you have to make artists into brands, but I sometimes feel like I have to be some kind of non-human icon in order for people to listen to my music.
MusicPeopleFeelMusiciansYou
I feel like I've always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.
LiveTravelMeEndFeelPlace
When you're doing something you're not used to, you kind of realize that you're still a kid: even though the whole world around you sees you as an adult and you're expected to act like an adult, you still haven't actually grown up.
WorldDoingYouKindRealizeKid
I'm not an innovator.
Innovator
I don't care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
MusicCareNewEmotionAnything
Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
GoodYouOutsiderBeingWriter
Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
Growing UpGrowingMy OwnNeverOwn
When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to... I finally feel like myself.
MyselfFeelGoWantWayPerforming
A lot of musicians talk about how they were into music from the start; they always wanted to be musicians. It wasn't like that for me. I didn't think of it as a job or a career - it was just something that was constant.
MusicJobMeStartThinkMusicians
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